Japanese colour prints
A 1910 catalogue of Japanese colour prints compiled by Edward Fairbrother Strange for the Victoria and Albert Museum and printed in London for the Stationery Office, with each plate captioned by artist and subject. The plates show Edo-period woodblock prints of courtesans, kabuki actors and warriors, with dense patterned kimono and bold outlines a designer could study for textile pattern, figure grouping and flat graphic composition.
