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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Saiyū ryodan, 西遊旅譚) : [volume 3]

Shiba, Kōkan, 1738?-1818 · 1803 · Osaka : Kawachiya Tasuke, 河内屋太助 · 13 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed travel diary in volume 3 of a set, written and illustrated by Shiba Kōkan, published in Osaka in 1803 by Kawachiya Tasuke, describing a journey from Edo to Nagasaki. Its pages pair ink-line woodblock scenes of landscapes, shrines, graves and ships with dense columns of Japanese text, giving a designer clear, economical linework and page layouts that mix image and script in framed panels.

Japan -- Description and travel

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