職人歌合画本 [3]

伴信友 · 1838 · 伴信友写 · 47 pictures

This is an 1838 Japanese illustrated book of seated figures in ink and colour, copied by Ban Nobutomo and published in Japan, in the ehon picture-book tradition. The four pictures show seated men in court and monastic dress, each with a fan, rosary, or instrument, drawn in flat washes of red, grey and blue on paper. A designer could draw on the simple outlines, limited palette and the placement of props beside seated figures.

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