絵本つたかつら
An illustrated picture book (ehon) printed in Japan in 1736 by the publisher Kikuya Kihei, with illustrations by Nishikawa Sukenobu for a general readership. Its double-page spreads show women and men in domestic interiors, with a few courtyard and garden scenes, drawn in fine woodblock line with sparse grey-green wash. A designer could take from them the economy of its layouts, where figures sit against open floors, screens and sliding doors, and the decorative patterning of kimono.
