Picture Album of the Floating World (Ukiyo efu 浮世画譜) : [volume 1]
Ukiyo efu is a volume of woodblock-printed sketches published in Nagoya in 1820 by Ikeda Eisen, a Japanese artist, for an audience of artists and pattern-seekers. Its double-page spreads show crowds of small, loosely drawn figures (townspeople, travellers, gods, children, and performers) with brief captions, so a designer can take quick gesture, posture, and costume studies from them.
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