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北斎写真画譜

葛飾北斎 画 · 1891 · 目黒十郎 · 24 pictures

A Japanese picture book (ehon) of woodblock-style drawings credited to Katsushika Hokusai, published in Tokyo in 1891 by Meguro Jūrō for a general audience of collectors and artists. The four pictures show a pair of figures tumbling in a gust of wind, a pair of fowl in close study, a mythical lion-dog (shishi) among clouds, and a group of jolly bearded figures with a large bag and treasures, all drawn in bold, energetic linework with hatched shading that a designer could borrow for dynamic compositions, pattern and motion lines.

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