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葛飾北斎 · 東璧堂 · 69 pictures

This is a Japanese picture book (ehon) titled Dōchū Gafu, printed in Edo-period Japan by the publisher Tōhekidō and credited to Katsushika Hokusai, made for general readers wanting travel scenes. The pictures are monochrome woodblock line drawings of travellers on roads, mountain paths, shrines and coastal tracks, with light grey wash and loose, economical contours a designer could borrow for quick sketch-style linework and wayfaring motifs.

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