The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan ichi) : [volume 1]
A Japanese woodblock-printed book of 1845 by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Kyoto, Edo and Osaka, presenting the life of Shakyamuni in illustrated volumes. The pages pair dense columns of vertical Japanese text and contents lists with framed prints of figures such as the elements personified in fire and water, rendered in fine black linework with bordered panels. A designer might take the clean outlined figures, decorative frame borders and the ordered grid of text and image as a model for editorial layout.
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