Illustrated Journal of Japanese History no. 11-13 (Kokusho Gaho : Nihon Rekishi Gaho) : [volume 11]

Matsumoto, Fūko, 1840-1923 · 1893 · Tokyo : Ōkura Yasugorō 大倉保五郎 : Ōkura Shoten 大倉書店 · 4 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated periodical of historical scenes, issued in Tokyo in 1893 by the publisher Ōkura Yasugorō and compiled by Matsumoto Fūkō for a general readership interested in national history. The pictures are fine-line colour prints and monochrome drawings showing mounted archers, court architecture with lanterns and processions, a decorative title panel with a fan motif, and a bamboo fence rendered in pale ink wash, offering a designer examples of economical linework, flat muted palettes, and layered pavilion perspective.

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