World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) : [volume 8]

Watanabe, Seitei, 1851-1918 · 1891 · Tokyo : Shun’yōdō 春陽堂 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated volume, Bijutsu Sekai (World of Fine Arts), published in Tokyo in 1891 by Shun'yodo and drawn by Watanabe Seitei, aimed at readers of art and painting. Its woodblock-printed pages show figures in Japanese dress, landscape wash, and bold scenes of crowds and horsemen, with a few pages of calligraphic text. A designer might take its loose ink line, pale mineral colour washes, and the open negative space left around figures.

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