Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産) : [volume 10]

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 · 1867 · Edo: Kikuya Kōzaburō 菊屋幸三郎 (Kinkōdō 金幸堂) · 12 pictures

A volume of woodblock-printed views of Edo, published in 1867 by Kikuya Kōzaburō and attributed to Andō Hiroshige, intended as a travel souvenir for general readers. The pictures are double-page townscapes and landscapes in pale washes of green, blue and pink over firm black keyline, with vertical columns of Japanese text beside each scene. A designer might take the economical layering of flat colour with bold outlines, and the way text columns sit inside the image as a graphic element.

Tokyo (Japan)

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