絵本吾妻抉 [4]

北尾重政画 · 1797 · 和泉屋源七 · 47 pictures

This Japanese illustrated book (ehon) volume 4 of Ehon Azumakagami was drawn by Kitao Shigemasa and published in 1797 by Izumiya Genshichi in Edo for a general readership of townspeople. Its woodblock-printed pages show rural and urban scenes of travellers, temple grounds and gardens in fine black line with minimal shading, with calligraphic captions in the margins that a designer could take as examples of compact, economical figure drawing and layered landscape composition.

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