絵本吾妻抉 [1]

北尾重政画 · 1797 · 和泉屋源七 · 48 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) drawn by Kitao Shigemasa and published in 1797 by Izumiya Genshichi, aimed at a general reading public. Its woodblock pages show figures in garden and rural settings with calligraphic poem columns running down the sheet. A designer can take from them the economical contour line, flat areas of tone, and the way text and image share one 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