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絵本徒然草 3巻

西川祐信 画 · 1740 · 菊屋喜兵衛 · 111 pictures

An 1740 Japanese picture book (ehon) illustrated by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published by Kikuya Kihei, aimed at general readers of Edo-period literature, with the Tsurezuregusa essays as its source. The pictures are monochrome woodblock prints with poem inscriptions set among the figures, showing courtly and everyday scenes such as a garden with a pine, a domestic interior, and a travelling monk; a designer might borrow their sparse line work, asymmetric framing, and text placed beside 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