A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Saiyū ryodan, 西遊旅譚) : [volume 2]

Shiba, Kōkan, 1738?-1818 · 1803 · Osaka : Kawachiya Tasuke, 河内屋太助 · 13 pictures

A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki is a woodblock-printed travel account in Japanese, volume 2, written by Shiba Kōkan (c. 1738–1818) and published in Osaka in 1803 by Kawachiya Tasuke for a general reading public. The pages pair columns of Japanese text with small ink-line views of mountains, castles, bridges, pine trees and shrines. For a designer, the spare contour drawing, hatched hills and unshaded sky show how early Japanese printed landscapes organised space into framed panels.

Japan -- Description and travel

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