Illustrated Collection of the Famous Products of Japan (Nihon meibutsu gasan shū)
An illustrated Japanese woodblock book printed in Edo in 1820 by the Katsushikaren circle, with poems set beside each picture, meant for a general reading audience. The pages show Edo-period townspeople going about everyday tasks in simple interiors, with poetry columns running down the margins. A designer could take from them the spare line work, open composition and the calligraphic text blocks framing each scene.
