Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2]
A Japanese woodblock-printed picture book from Edo in 1809, issued by the publishers Ishiwatari Risuke and Kadomaruya Jinsuke and made by Katsushika Hokusai, a popular storytelling volume for general readers. Its pages show interiors, gardens and street scenes with dense ink line work, and the spreads use strong diagonal composition, close cropping and dramatic night and action moments that a designer might borrow for layout and figure staging.
![Picture 1 of 5 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2] (1809), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16710-5-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 5 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2] (1809), leaf 8](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16710-8-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 5 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2] (1809), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16710-11-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 5 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2] (1809), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16710-15-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 5 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 2] (1809), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16710-19-1.webp)