Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2]
An 1802 Edo woodblock picture book by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo by Tsutaya Jūzaburō, showing townspeople's outings and daily life in the city. The four pictures are double-page spreads with shaded, fine-lined figures in street, shop and market scenes, offering a designer clear models for crowded compositions, layered architecture and the flat colour washes of Japanese prints.
![Picture 1 of 4 from Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2] (1802), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_2963-4-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 4 from Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2] (1802), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_2963-6-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 4 from Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2] (1802), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_2963-7-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 4 from Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2] (1802), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_2963-10-1.webp)