Illustrated Book of Domestic Manners (Ehon teikin ōrai 絵本庭訓往来) : [volume 1]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1828 · Nagoya and Edo : Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎, Tōhekidō, 東壁堂 · 21 pictures

An 1828 Japanese woodblock illustrated book of domestic manners, produced in Nagoya and Edo by the publishers Eirakuya Tōshirō and Tōhekidō and attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, who drew its pictures for a general readership interested in everyday Japanese life. Its double-page spreads pair columns of calligraphic text with small ink vignettes of household tasks, farm labour and rural scenes, showing a designer loose, economical linework and how compact scenes sit beside dense type.

Japan -- Social life and customs

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