Album of the New Year (Aratama jō 新玉帖)
Aratama jō is a Japanese album of painted and printed pictures on the theme of New Year, made by the artist Tani Bunchō (1763–1840 or 1841) in Edo-period Japan. The pictures show banners, a festive gathering of richly dressed figures around food and lacquer, and a dark ink cloud against pale paper, so a designer might take its loose wash handling, patterned textiles and sparse negative space as models for seasonal layouts.
