[Illustration: Plate XVI.--Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.]
[Illustration: Plate XVII.--Reproduction of a portion of the print shown on the preceding page, actual size, showing the treatment of the foliage and the expressive drawing of the tree trunk and stems.]
[Illustration: Plate XVIII.--Reproduction of another portion of the print shown on page 111 (actual size), showing the expressive use of line in the drawing of the distant forms.]
[Illustration: Plate XIX.--Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.]
[Illustration: Plate XX.--Reproduction of a portion (actual size) of the print on the preceding page, showing treatment of tree forms and distance.]
[Illustration: Plate XXI.--Reproduction of a colour print by Hiroshigé.]
[Illustration: Plate XXII.--Reproduction of a portion (actual size) of the print on the preceding page, showing treatment of tree and blossom.]
[Illustration: Plate XXIII.--The Tiger. Reproduction of a colour print by J. D. Batten.]
[Illustration: Plate XXIV.--Lapwings. Reproduction of a colour print by A. W. Seaby.]
"Tools and Materials illustrating the Japanese Method of Colour Printing." A descriptive catalogue of a collection exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Price Twopence. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogues. 1913.
"The Colour Prints of Japan." By Edward F. Strange. The Langham Series of Art Monographs. London.
"Japanese Colour Prints." By Edward F. Strange. (3rd Edition.) Victoria and Albert Museum Handbooks. London.
"Japanese Wood Engravings." By William Anderson, F. R. C. S. London, Seeley & Co., Ltd. New York, Macmillan & Co. 1895.
"Japanese Wood-cutting and Wood-cut Printing." By T. Tokuno. Edited and annotated by S. R. Kochler. Report of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, for the year ending June 30, 1892. Issued in pamphlet form by the U.S.A. National Museum, Washington. 1893.
Other works containing descriptions and references to the craft of wood-block printing in the Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, are the following:--
"The Industries of Japan." By J. J. Rein. (Paper, pp. 389.) London. 1889.
"Bungei Ruisan," By Yoshino Sakakibara. Essays on Japanese literature, with additional chapters describing the manufacture of paper and the processes of printing and engraving. (The Museum copy has MS. translations of the portion relating to engraving.) Tokyo. 1878.