A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Saiyū ryodan, 西遊旅譚) : [volume 4]

Shiba, Kōkan, 1738?-1818 · 1803 · Osaka : Kawachiya Tasuke, 河内屋太助 · 11 pictures

A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki is a woodblock-printed travel account in Japanese, volume 4, written by Shiba Kōkan (c. 1738–1818) and published in Osaka in 1803 by Kawachiya Tasuke for readers interested in Japan's regions. Its pages pair ink-line views of coastal towns, islands and fishing scenes with short columns of kana and kanji captions. A designer could draw on the spare, fine contour lines, the open pale paper, and the way small figures are scattered across broad water and shoreline.

Japan -- Description and travel

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