Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 11-13 (Kokusho Gaho : Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 13]
An 1893 Tokyo illustrated journal of Japanese history issued by Ōkura Shoten and edited by the artist Matsumoto Fūko, aimed at general readers interested in the national past. Its pages are woodblock prints with light colour washes, showing courtly gatherings in architectural settings, samurai on a wooden veranda beside a boat, and an interior scene with a seated man and a tray. A designer might take the flat, layered horizon bands, the pale palette of cream, sage and red, and the cutaway architectural framing.
![Picture 1 of 3 from Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 11-13 (Kokusho Gaho : Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 13] (1893), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_25245-4-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 3 from Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 11-13 (Kokusho Gaho : Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 13] (1893), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_25245-6-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 3 from Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 11-13 (Kokusho Gaho : Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 13] (1893), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_25245-9-1.webp)