絵本貝歌仙 3巻 [3]

西川祐信画 · 1748 · 菱屋治兵衛[ほか1名] · 25 pictures

This is an 18th-century Japanese picture book (ehon) in three volumes, illustrated by Nishikawa Sukenobu and published in Edo in 1748 by Hishiya Jihei and another publisher for a general reading public. Its pages show courtly women in elegant kimono indoors and in gardens, drawn in fine black woodblock line on warm paper. A designer might take from them the economical linear figure drawing, the patterned robes with floral and wave motifs, and the flat spatial layering of interior screens and verandas.

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