Picture Book of Mount Asaka (Ehon asakayama)
Picture Book of Mount Asaka (Ehon asakayama) is a Japanese woodblock picture book by Nishikawa Sukenobu, published in Kyoto by Kikuya Kihei in 1739, likely for a general readership of urban viewers. Its pages show elegant women in patterned kimono in paired facing spreads framed by thin ruled borders. A designer could draw on the dense textile patterns, the flowing robe silhouettes, and the economical black line used to describe fabric and posture.
