Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 1]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1809 · Edo: Ishiwatari Risuke 石渡利助, Kadomaruya Jinsuke 角丸屋甚助 · 11 pictures

Loyal Songs of Itako, volume 1, is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo in 1809 by Ishiwatari Risuke and Kadomaruya Jinsuke for a general reading public. Its pages show samurai, warriors and robed figures in ink-line compositions, some set in pine-covered mountain landscapes and others in interior rooms with sliding screens and hanging scrolls, which give a designer clear examples of crisp outline drawing, dense hatching and balanced figure placement.

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