Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2]
A woodblock-printed picture book from Edo and Osaka, published in 1764 by the Kichimonjiya firm and illustrated by Tsukioka Settei, a Japanese artist, for general readers of popular fiction and court romance. Its pages pair black-line scenes of courtly figures, architecture and gardens with columns of handwritten Japanese text in a sparse, uncoloured style. A designer could take its economical line work, strong negative space and framing of figures within screens, verandas and pine branches as a model for minimal figurative illustration.
![Picture 1 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-3-1.webp)
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![Picture 4 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-6-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-9-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-10-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-11-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 12](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-12-1.webp)
![Picture 9 of 9 from Vols. 1, 2, 4, 5 of 5, Picture Book of Incidents in the Life of Ranjatai (Ehon Ranjatai) : [volume 2] (1764), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_17865-13-1.webp)