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Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue, Illustrated Outline History of Japan – Vintage Wall Art

Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue, Illustrated Outline History of Japan — historic print
Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue, Illustrated Outline History of Japan. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue, Illustrated Outline History of Japan, preserved in this historic print. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue, Illustrated Outline History of Japan

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Its title, *Dai Nihon Shiryaku Zue*, translates roughly as *Illustrated Outline History of Japan*, and the name promises a condensed survey of the nation's past told in pictures as well as text. Works of this kind belong to the wider tradition of Edo-period illustrated books, printed from carved woodblocks, which carried history to readers beyond scholarly circles. Such pages often pair brief narrative passages with scenes of rulers, battles and court life, so the images can carry as much of the story as the words. The choice of which events to picture also reflects the concerns of the time in which it was made.

Original scan3,582 × 4,463 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
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