十二支画帖 犬之巻
A Japanese illustrated album from 1923, published by Iseshin shop and compiled by Iwaya Sazanami and others, collecting hand-painted pictures of dogs for the zodiac year of the dog. The pictures are painted in simple ink and colour on cream paper, showing folk-style toy dogs in stylised forms. A designer could take their flat, bold shapes, limited palette of red, blue, yellow and black, and spare outline drawing as a source for simple graphic motifs.
