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梅廼屋鶴子 撰, 葵園北渓 画 · 27 pictures

An illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) of famous sights in three cities, compiled by Umeno-ya Tsuruko and illustrated by Kitani Aoizono, printed in Edo-period Japan for a general readership. The pictures are woodblock prints in restrained colour with soft ochre, grey and pale green, showing crowds at temple steps, a rain scene with umbrellas and figures seen from above, and a shrine precinct with a painted ceiling, offering a designer examples of layered, diagonal compositions and calligraphic captions set into the image.

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