Banpō zensho : Volume 13
Banpō zensho, volume 13, is a Japanese woodblock-printed book from 1770, published in Edo and Osaka by Suharaya Mohē, Zōgeya Jirobē and Tsurugaya Kuhē for readers interested in antiquities of Japan and China. Its pages show dense Japanese text beside rows of small, precisely drawn roundels, crests, and ornamental motifs. A designer could take from them the compact geometry of circular emblems and the crisp black-line patterning of traditional Japanese woodblock ornament.
