Ukiyoe
A 1915 Tokyo publication from Ukiyoesha, catalogued as Ukiyoe and tied to Japanese color prints, offering a photographic plate rather than a true woodblock print. The single picture shows a street scene at a tiled storefront with a woman in a kimono and a figure in a dark coat and hat near a doorway, the printed Japanese caption above it setting the scene. A designer could take its tight framing, grainy monochrome tonality, and the layered contrast of traditional dress against modern shopfronts.
