Collection of Short Poems in Chinese from Itako (Itako zekku shū 潮来絶句集)
A Japanese woodblock picture book printed in Edo in 1802 by Tsutaya Juzaburō and illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai, offering Chinese-style short poems set beside scenes of women and interiors. The double-page spreads show women in kimono indoors by sliding screens, with a seated figure at a writing desk, a figure with a cat, and a woman at a balcony beside plants, with poem columns printed in the margins; a designer might take the flat colour fields, the framing of interior views by screens and doorways, and the calligraphic text panels as layout models.
