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袖珍必携諸職画譜 3集

滝沢清 画 · 1881 · 松崎半造 · 49 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) of 1881, published by Matsuzaki Hanzō and illustrated by Takizawa Kiyoshi, intended as a pocket reference for artisans and craftsmen. The pages are woodblock-printed plant and bird studies with fine black outlines and open white ground, showing flowers, leaves, a bird pair, and sprays of foliage. A designer could draw on their economical line work, clear silhouettes, and the way single motifs are arranged loosely across a page.

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