絵本貝歌仙 3巻 [2]

西川祐信画 · 1748 · 菱屋治兵衛[ほか1名] · 29 pictures

This is an 1748 Japanese ehon picture book in three volumes, illustrated by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published by Hishiya Jihei with one co-publisher, aimed at a general readership of women and urban townspeople. The pictures show courtly and domestic scenes of women in patterned kimono on wooden floors, with brief calligraphic verses in the margins, rendered in fine black woodblock line on warm paper. A designer could draw on the layered textile patterns, the sparse interiors with shoji screens, and the economical use of tinted line and open space.

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