Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産) : [volume 04]

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 · 1850 · Edo: Kikuya Kōzaburō 菊屋幸三郎 (Kinkōdō 金幸堂) · 20 pictures

A volume of the Edo picture book by Andō Hiroshige, published in Edo in 1850 by Kikuya Kōzaburō, showing sights of Edo for travellers and armchair readers. The spreads are woodblock prints with a calm, layered palette of pale blue, grey and muted ochre, with small figures in open landscape. A designer might take the spare horizon lines, the tiny figures set against large pine and water areas, and the vertical columns of calligraphy beside the scenes.

Tokyo (Japan)

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