Japanese illustrations; a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan (1904)
Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 212
802), are drawn with power andspirit. We reproduce at p. 24 a specimenof his chromo-xylographic work, quaintand rather distindlive in style. It isprinted in low tones from few blocks. Shi-gemasa died in 1819 at the age of eighty.It is to be remarked that M. de Goncourtconsiders him, with Kiyonaga,… … CRANE. YEISEN, SHUNSEN, ETC. 87 colours, which is one of the most beautifulbooks ever produced in Japan, and in 1770Tachibana Minko illustrated a valuableseries of pictures of artisans engaged intheir various crafts, Saigwa ShokuninBarui. The edition of this work on largepaper is a treasure any…
Art, Japanese · Wood-engraving · Illustration of books
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