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Collected Light Verses and Noted Landscapes (Sansui kikan kyōka shū 山水奇観狂歌集)

Yajima, Gogaku, active 19th century · 1820 · 13 pictures

A Japanese illustrated book of kyoka comic verses paired with landscape prints, made by Yajima Gogaku and published in 1820, likely for a general readership of poetry enthusiasts. Its pictures show misty mountains, pine-covered cliffs, snowy hills, and small thatched buildings rendered in soft grey and sepia washes, offering a designer quiet, layered compositions with calligraphy set beside imagery.

Kyōka · Landscapes in art

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library