絵本春の若葉 3巻
An illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) in three volumes, with illustrations attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro and published by the Bunei-do Maruya Bunemon firm, probably in Edo-period Japan for a general reading public. Its pictures are fine woodblock-printed line drawings of gardens, rivers, grasses and trees with small figures in loose outline, showing a designer economical composition, open negative space and a spare, delicate linear hand that suits minimal layouts and botanical or seasonal motifs.
