絵本譬喩節 3巻
An 1797 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) in three volumes, illustrated by Kitagawa Utamaro and published by Izumiya Genshichi, aimed at a general reading public. Its pages show figures in robes and simple dress moving through rivers, bridges, reed-lined paths and domestic interiors, drawn in fine ink outlines on a warm buff paper with short columns of calligraphy beside them. A designer might take its economical linework, open negative space and the way small seated or walking figures are set into landscape.
