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Picture Album by Ōson (Hōitsu) (Ōson fuga)

Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828 · 1817 · 13 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed picture album by Sakai Hōitsu, published in 1817 in Edo, made as a pattern book of paintings for artists and craftsmen. Its double-page spreads show ink and colour studies of plants, flowers and rocks, with seal stamps and handwritten inscriptions.

Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828

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