Views of Instructions for Bonsai along the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi hachiyama zue) : [volume 1]
A woodblock-printed Japanese picture book from 1848, published in Osaka by Ōkanoya Kamesaburō and two Aiya publishers, issued as the first volume of a series on miniature potted landscapes arranged after the Tōkaidō road stations. Its double-page spreads show potted trees, rocks and miniature scenes set in glazed ceramic bowls, each drawn in outline with soft colour washes of blue, green and pink. A designer could take from them the compact, asymmetrical composition of landscape within a vessel, the restrained palette of muted greens and indigo against cream paper, and the stylised cloud and wave patterns on the pot glazes.
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