Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産) : [volume 07]

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 · 1850 · Edo: Kikuya Kōzaburō 菊屋幸三郎 (Kinkōdō 金幸堂) · 16 pictures

A volume from Hiroshige's illustrated guidebook to Edo, published in Edo in 1850 by the Kikuya Kōzaburō house, offering townsfolk and travellers pictorial views of the city's famous sites. The pages are woodblock prints with poem columns in calligraphy beside each scene, in soft washes of blue, grey and pink. A designer could draw on the economical line work, layered flat colour, and the way text and landscape share a single page.

Tokyo (Japan)

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