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大正大震火画譜 : 木版色摺 第1集

日本版画会 編 · 1923 · 日本版画会 · 3 pictures

A Japanese illustrated album titled Taishō Great Earthquake and Fire Picture Album, first volume, compiled by the Nihon Hanga Kai and published in Tokyo in 1923 as a woodblock-printed picture book. The plates show scenes of the disaster aftermath, from crowds gathered before a large temple hall to a horse-drawn cart in rain and a figure with a bow among fleeing people. For a designer, the strongest takeaway is the contrast between dense black ink masses and fine grey linework, especially in the foliage and crowd groupings.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library