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立好斎, 葛飾, 北斎, 浪花立好斎, 北斎戴斗 筆 · 永楽屋東四郎 · 23 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, published by Eirakuya Tōshirō and credited to Katsushika Hokusai and Naniwa Tatsuyoshi-sai. Its double-page woodblock views show landscapes with travellers, hills, pine trees and rice fields in soft blue and green washes. A designer might take from them the economical line work, open horizon spacing and layered pale colour that suggest distance across a flat plain.

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