岷江畫帖
A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) with a title in Chinese characters, catalogued only by its title and subject, so its date, maker and audience are unrecorded. The pictures show landscape scenes of rice paddies, pine trees and village life, with figures carrying loads, working fields and tending animals, printed in muted green, red and ochre on cream paper with calligraphic captions in the margins. A designer could draw on the layered terraced land forms, the rhythm of small figures set into broad scenery, and the sparse palette of green, rust and beige.
