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Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 1-10 (Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 7]

Matsumoto, Fūko, 1840-1923 · 1892 · Tokyo : Ōkura Yasugorō 大倉保五郎 : Ōkura Shoten 大倉書店 · 4 pictures

Volume seven of an illustrated Japanese history journal, issued in Tokyo in 1892 by the publisher Ōkura Yasugorō and written with illustrations by Matsumoto Fūko, aimed at general readers of historical subjects. Its pictures are monochrome line drawings and woodblock-style prints of armour, a helmet, a vessel-like object, and battle scenes with crowded warriors, showing how a designer might rework dense historical detail, fine hatching, and the layout of text beside pictures.

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