World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) : [volume 6]

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

A Japanese woodblock-printed picture book from 1891, published in Tokyo by Shun'yōdō and made by the artist Watanabe Seitei, probably for a general readership of art students and collectors. Its double-page spreads show landscapes with rocks, pines and waterfalls, a village by a mountain, a seated woman in a patterned robe, a rainy market with umbrellas, and a samurai archer in orange. A designer could take its loose ink line, pale colour washes and open white space around small figures.

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