英一蝶画譜 3巻 [2]

英一蝶 [原画], 鈴鄰松筆 · 青雲堂英文蔵 · 23 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture album (ehon) from the Edo period, volume 2 of a three-volume set of drawings attributed to the painter Eizan Ichiyō, copied by the artist Suzuki Rinrin and published by Seiundō Eibunzō for general readers of painting. The pages show loose ink sketches of trees, figures, and ordinary people in Japanese dress on pale paper, with brief captions in the margins, offering a designer economical brush outlines of gesture, costume, and foliage.

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