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考古画譜 巻5

黒川春村 稿, 古川躬行 編, 黒川真頼 補 · 1901 · 有隣堂 · 10 pictures

A Japanese illustrated reference book (ehon) of 1901 published by Yurindō, compiled from earlier scholarship by Kurokawa Harumura and Furukawa Miyuki with supplements by Kurokawa Masayori, drawing on older Japanese painting and picture sources. The woodblock-style line drawings show courtly figures in architectural interiors, verandas and garden settings, with a warrior-like figure and a boat on rough water. A designer might take from them the economical black line work, the layered veranda and screen perspectives, and the clean hatching used for stylised waves and foliage.

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