Santoan's Chats: Short Records Written upon His Waking (Suiyo shōroku: Santōan issekiwa) : [volume 1]

Santō, Kyōden, 1761-1816 · 1844 · Osaka : Fujiya Kyūbei, 藤屋九兵衛 · 10 pictures

Santoan's Chats is a Japanese woodblock-printed volume of miscellaneous notes and anecdotes by Santō Kyōden (1761-1816), published in Osaka by Fujiya Kyūbei in 1844. The pages mix small printed figure vignettes with columns of handwritten-style text and seal-like stamps. A designer could take from them the compact, rhythmic layout of vignettes set beside calligraphic columns, and the bold stacked characters of the seal motifs as graphic devices.

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