The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu kōhen) : [volume 4]
The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume, volume 4, is a woodblock-printed Japanese picture book made by Nishimura Nantei and published in Kyoto in 1826 by Yoshida Shinbei for a general readership of sketch collectors. Its double-page spreads show everyday townspeople, women in patterned kimono, and a crowded festival scene drawn in loose, quick outlines with pale colour washes. A designer could borrow the economical line, the scattered figures across an empty ground, and the soft earthy palette for pattern or character work.
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