Jakuchū Picture Album (Jakuchū gajō) : [volume 1]

Itō, Jakuchū, 1716-1800 · 1900 · Kyoto: Unsōdō 芸艸堂 · 41 pictures

A Kyoto woodblock album of 1900 published by Unsōdō, reproducing the nature studies of the Edo-period painter Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800) for artists and collectors. The pictures are paired double-page plates in black and white, with flowers, pods, and insects rendered as pale shapes reversed out of a dark ground, a strong figure-ground contrast a designer could borrow for bold botanical patterns.

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