Picture Book of Gold Brocades (Ehon kokinran 絵本古錦蘭) : [volume 3]

Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770 · 1763 · Edo : Yamazaki Kinbei 山崎金兵衛; Nishi [?]; Shinroku 西 [?] 新六 · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book in volume three of the Ehon kokinran, published in Edo in 1763 by Yamazaki Kinbei and associates and attributed to the artist Suzuki Harunobu, aimed at a general reading public. Its double-page spreads show women in interiors and garden scenes beside short calligraphic verses, with a few outdoor scenes of travellers and a deer; the pictures use fine, even ink outlines with little shading, and a designer might borrow their spare line, patterned kimono textiles, and the way text and image share a page.

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