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Sunday, August 8, 2010

japanese picture book

Some of my favorite japanese pictures from pic. books and picture books i love and i would say the most famous

TALE OF GENJI Written by Lady Murasaki



the text that accompanies the pictures. The book is read from left to right and is classicly written on a scroll scattered in gold leaf as seen in the example above.

Goblins, Optician, and blind musician.
By Katsushika Hokusai

The father of modern japanese manga and a rebel at the time.



Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

and his famous a 100 aspects of the moon


http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/img/100moon/100moon1_50.jpg

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