絵本三津輪草 [3]

西川祐信画 · 1758 · 菱屋治兵衛[ほか2名] · 24 pictures

This is an 18th-century Japanese illustrated picture book, volume 3, illustrated by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in 1758 by Hishiya Jihei and two others, likely in Kyoto or Osaka, for a general readership of women and households. Its pages show interior scenes of Edo-period women and men in rooms with shoji screens, playing instruments, conversing over tea and writing, with short calligraphic verses in the margins; a designer can take from them the economical ink line, open interior compositions, and the way text and image 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