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西川祐信 画 · 1900 · 弘文堂船井政太郎 · 18 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated book (ehon) by Nishikawa Sukenobu, printed in Japan and reissued in 1900 by the Kōbundō publisher, based on the classic Tsurezuregusa essays. The pictures show courtly and everyday scenes in pavilions, gardens and roads, with calligraphic text panels beside them; a designer might take their clean line work, spacious layouts and compositions where architecture and pine trees frame small figures.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library