Dream Sketchbook

The personal sketchbook of Ranzan Tsuneyuki, a Sword fittings maker from the mid 19th century.

Wowza, please check out this sketchbook I stumbled onto on the Met Museum website.

I don’t even know what I was looking up and frankly when I clicked on the cover image above, I didn’t expect to see a whole sketchbook of amazing drawings and design work! I just love how packed it is, with pieces glued in, pencil rubbings of actual sword plates that he then sketches from, the use of printmaking to help visualize a concept…

Soooo good!!