光琳畫譜 2巻 [1]

芳中 [画] · 1826 · 和泉屋庄次郎 · 11 pictures

A Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1826, drawn by the artist Hōchū and published by Izumiya Shōjirō, presenting Kōrin-style painting to a general and craft audience. The pictures are loose, ink-and-colour sketches of figures in a light, humorous manner, offering a designer simple gestural line, flat washes and pale ground colours to borrow for informal figure compositions.

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