Encyclopedia of Western Art (Kōmō zatsuwa 紅毛雑話) : [volume 5]
An 1787 Edo encyclopedia of Western subjects, compiled by Morishima Chūryō and published by Suharaya Ichibei for a Japanese readership curious about foreign things. The pages pair short columns of kanbun text with ink woodblock drawings of Western footwear, clothing items and an electrical apparatus. For designers, the pictures offer a clear, economical line style, with dense hatching on dark shoe forms and thin contour strokes on the machine.
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