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考古画譜 巻8

黒川春村 稿, 古川躬行 編, 黒川真頼 補 · 1901 · 有隣堂 · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book from 1901, Kōko Gafu volume 8, compiled by Kurokawa Harumura and Furukawa Miyuki with Kurokawa Mayori, published by Yurindō for readers of ehon antiquarian studies. The pictures are monochrome line drawings of courtly and noble figures in robes, seated or moving through wooden interiors with raised floors, screens and verandas, with a few framed portrait panels and inscribed cartouches. A designer could take from them the clean, sparse linework of Japanese historical costume and architectural spacing.

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