A Fashionable Representation of the Immortals of Poetry: Picture Book of Waka-no-ura (Fūryū kasen ehon waka no ura) : [volume 3]

Takagi, Sadatake, active 1720-1767 · 1734 · Osaka: Kawachiya Mohei河内屋茂兵衛; Kichimonjiya Ichibei吉文字屋市兵衛 · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book of 1734, published in Osaka by Kawachiya Mohei and Kichimonjiya Ichibei, with pictures by Takagi Sadatake that depict the Immortals of Poetry in fashionable Edo-period settings. The pages show elegant figures in patterned kimono indoors and in garden scenes, with poem texts written in columns beside them. A designer might take the dense, flowing kimono patterns, the chrysanthemum and fan motifs, and the calligraphic verse panels as sources for textile and layout ideas.

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