Views of Famous Places in Japan Paired with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka fusō meisho zue 狂歌扶桑名所図会)
A Japanese woodblock picture book of 1824 by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), issued as a set of paired views of famous places in Japan, each spread accompanied by a kyōka comic poem in calligraphy for a popular readership. The spreads show landscapes with small figures, temple gates, rivers, hills and boats drawn in fine, sparse ink lines on pale paper with soft washes, offering a designer a model of economical line, open negative space, and text set beside image.
