Considered to be he oldest international art periodical from Japan, the magazine focused on the traditional Japanese and oriental art. The chromo-xylographs in the early years of publication are acknowledged as works of art of this fine woodblock printing technique. The company referred to it's monthly journal as "The Queen of Art Journals in the East." The collotypes are credited to Kazumasu Ogawa and topographical work is credited to the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry.

 
Contents of this Issue:

• The Ye-makimono of the Latter Part of the Fujiwara Period. By Kosaku Hamada.
• "The Gaki-zoshi"
• "Pine-trees," by Eitoku Kano
• Ninsei as a Painter
• "A Bird on a Rock," by Sesson
• The Kogwa-biko

 
Plates in this Issue:

Plate I. From the Scoll-Paintings of the Gaki-zoshi, attributed to Mitsunaga Fujiwara (Color - Chromo-xylograph with Descriptive Tissue Guard)

Plate II. Same (different image) (Collotype)

Minor Illustrations (2 text illustrations). From the Scroll-Paintings of Kwako-genzai-ingwa-kyo (halftones)

Plate III & IV. "Pine-trees," by Eitoku Kano (Collotype)

Plate V. "The Heavenly Lady Meeting her Spouse," by Ninsei Nomura (Color - Chromo-xylograph with Descriptive Tissue Guard)

Plate VI. "A Bird on a Rock," by Sesson (Collotype)