People of Yamato (Japan) Picture Album (Yamato jinbutsu gafu) : [volume 1]
A Japanese woodblock picture album of 1800 by Yamaguchi Soken, published in Japan and aimed at general readers interested in the people of Yamato. Its pages show everyday townsfolk, travellers and tradespeople in simple black ink outline on pale paper, with a calligraphic title panel. A designer can take from it the economical contour line, the open white ground, and the way small figures are placed against sparse landscape and architecture.
![Picture 1 of 4 from People of Yamato (Japan) Picture Album (Yamato jinbutsu gafu) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 2](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18336-2-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 4 from People of Yamato (Japan) Picture Album (Yamato jinbutsu gafu) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18336-11-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 4 from People of Yamato (Japan) Picture Album (Yamato jinbutsu gafu) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 16](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18336-16-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 4 from People of Yamato (Japan) Picture Album (Yamato jinbutsu gafu) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 22](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18336-22-1.webp)