Famous Products of Ryūkō (Ryūkō meibutsu shi)
Famous Products of Ryūkō is an 1834 Japanese woodblock-printed book published in Edo by Asakusa An Kurokawa Harumura, presenting notable regional goods and local specialties. The first picture shows women in striped and patterned kimono gathered beside a barrel, and the second shows tall paper-covered objects printed with red fan shapes, black crests and calligraphy, with bold flat colour and fine line work a designer could draw on for pattern, layout and graphic motifs.
