絵本婦女合世佳娥美 [2]

歌川, 豊国, 歌川豊国画 · 伊勢屋治助 · 14 pictures

An Edo-period Japanese picture book (ehon) illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni and published by Iseya Jisuke, showing courtly and urban women in woodblock-printed scenes with handwritten-style verse columns. The pictures show elegant women in layered kimono on verandas, interiors and street scenes, with figures drawn in fine black line and sparse grey wash. A designer could take from them the economical linework, patterned textiles, and the spatial layering of screens, railings and calligraphic text panels.

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