Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu 絵本千代の松) : [volume 1]
Picture Book of the Eternal Pines is a woodblock-printed illustrated book from Edo, Japan, issued in 1767 by the publisher Yamazaki Kinbei and designed by Suzuki Harunobu for a general readership. Its pages show elegantly dressed women and children in gardens, plum blossom and snowy streets, with calligraphic poems set beside the figures. A designer might take from them the economical black line, open white space, and the way poetry text and figures share each page.
![Picture 1 of 3 from Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu 絵本千代の松) : [volume 1] (1767), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_11014-5-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 3 from Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu 絵本千代の松) : [volume 1] (1767), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_11014-6-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 3 from Picture Book of the Eternal Pines (Ehon chiyo no matsu 絵本千代の松) : [volume 1] (1767), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_11014-11-1.webp)