Picture Book of Kyōka Poems: Mountains upon Mountains (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama 画本狂歌山満多山)
A woodblock picture book of comic kyōka poems published in Edo in 1804 by Tsutaya Juzaburō and illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai for a popular urban readership. The double-page spreads pair small, open ink-and-colour scenes of townspeople, travellers and gardens with verse columns written in the margins, and the sparse compositions with generous blank paper suggest a designer could borrow their spare layouts and text-and-image balance.
