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考古画譜 巻11

黒川春村 稿, 古川躬行 編, 黒川真頼 補 · 1901 · 有隣堂 · 12 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) from 1901, published by Yurindō, compiled from the work of Kurokawa Harumura and Furukawa Miyuki with additions by Kurokawa Masayori, drawing on older Japanese painting and legend for an antiquarian readership. The pictures are crisp black-and-white line drawings with bold solid silhouettes and flat areas of dark ink, showing temple architecture, robed figures and small children in simple perspective, a clear reference for designers seeking Japanese graphic line work and stylised figure silhouettes.

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