The ancient burial mounds of Japan
This 1893 Government Printing Office report by Romyn Hitchcock, published in Washington, documents ancient burial mounds in Japan for an archaeological and scientific readership. The plates are black-and-white photographs of mound landscapes, a carved stone chamber interior, and tree-lined grounds with a stone-walled entrance. A designer could draw on their stark documentary framing, the stone and earth textures, and the strong diagonal lines of the mound slopes and walls.
