Book of Humorous Poems on the Cherry Flower and the Maple Leaves (Ehō no taki)
A Japanese woodblock print book of kyōka humorous poems, made by Totoya Hokkei in 1833 in Edo for a general readership. Its pictures are landscapes with blossoming cherry trees, red maples, waterfalls, rivers, and small figures on paths and bridges, printed in soft layered colour with open, panoramic compositions. A designer could take from them the staggered planes of foliage, pale pink and red accents against cool blue-green water, and the use of small figures to set scale.
