World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) : [volume 10]

Watanabe, Seitei, 1851-1918 · 1891 · Tokyo : Shun’yōdō 春陽堂 · 10 pictures

World of Fine Arts is a Japanese illustrated volume compiled and drawn by Watanabe Seitei, published in Tokyo by Shun'yōdō in 1891 for readers of Meiji-era art. Its pages are monochrome ink line drawings of interior scenes and a single hand-coloured pine tree with a red stamp, plus a red-printed warrior figure and a calligraphy page. A designer might take its sparse composition, generous margins and restrained use of teal and vermilion accents as a model for minimal layouts.

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