Illustrated "Anthology of Tang-Dynasty Poems" in Five-Syllable Lines (Tōshisen ehon gogon ritsu hairitsu 画本唐詩選五言律排律)
An 1836 Edo woodblock picture book published by Kobayashi Shinbei and associated with Katsushika Hokusai, illustrating five-syllable Tang-dynasty poems for a general readership of literate townspeople. The double-page spreads show scholars, attendants and visitors in courtyards, verandas and rain-soaked gardens, drawn in clean, economical ink line with calligraphic poem columns set beside the figures. A designer might take the spare linework, the way figures are placed against architecture and foliage, and the poem text integrated into the image.
