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Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi 絵本吾妻遊)

Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806 · 1790 · 4 pictures

Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital is a woodblock-printed Japanese illustrated book by Kitagawa Utamaro, published in 1790 in Edo, showing sightseeing and leisure in the city for a popular readership. Its paired pages show people strolling along riverbanks, gathering under blossom trees, and boating through reeds, drawn in fine, economical black line with brief poem captions in columns beside the scenes.

Tokyo (Japan) -- In art · Japan -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works

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