職人歌合画本 [2]

伴信友 · 1838 · 伴信友写 · 42 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated book (ehon) from 1838, copied out by Ban Nobutomo, depicting craftsmen and their trades in a set of paired verses. The pictures show seated figures in simple colour washes with brief handwritten captions in columns beside them. A designer could take their loose, economical line, flat earth-toned palette and the way text and figure share the page.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library