Shin-Bijutsukai pattern book. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Scans from Japanese monthly magazine of various designs by the famous artists of to-day. Dates: 1901-1902. Shin-Bijutsukai (新美術海) was a Japanese design magazine that was edited by illustrator and designer Korin Furuya . The monthly magazine ran from 1902-1910 and contained “various designs by the famous artists of to-day'. The Smithsonian Libraries are a hidden national treasure, where experts come to test and expand knowledge and where America and the world can turn for authentic answers. The network of 20 specialized research libraries that make up the Smithsonian Libraries provide the Institution’s museums and research centers with resources and services that are as diverse and deep as the collections, exhibits, and scholarship they support. They truly span the range of scientific and cultural pursuits of humanity from aerospace, anthropology, and art history to business history and botany, cultural history, design, philately, zoology, and much more.