Japanese wood engravings : their history, technique and characteristics (1895)
Anderson, William, 1842-1900 · London : Seeley ; New York : Macmillan · leaf 54
¥4APANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS 43 ILLUSTRATED TOPOGRAPHICAL BOOKS. The topographical handbook in its more complete form is the product of the last hundred years, but pictorial representations of native scenery have been published since about 1680, either in the form of “single … sheets” (ichimai-yé), sewn volumes (shomotsu), long panoramic pictures converted into folding books (orihon), or rolls (makimono). The typical Meisho dzu-yé, or pictorial description of noted places, is, however, a work of ambitious scope and of wide utility. It indicates all the spots famous for…
Color prints, Japanese · Wood-engraving · Wood-engraving -- Japan
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