浮世絵手本 明治２０年３月
A Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published in Tokyo in 1887, as a model book of ukiyo-e style drawings for students and craftsmen. Its pages show crisp black line drawings of shrimp, crabs, fish, a waterfall, a rocky shore, a hooded figure and a basket of fruit, each set in a small framed panel. A designer could take its economical contour lines, simple framing and clear motifs of sea creatures and natural forms as reference for line-based illustration.
