Ideas for Various Things of the Seasons (Shiki Tsukurimono shukō no tane 四季造物趣向種) : [volume 1]

Matsukawa, Hanzan, 1818-1882 · 1837 · Osaka: Kawachiya Tasuke 河内屋太助; Edo: Yamashiroya Sahei 山城屋佐兵衛 and others. (Nagoya: Eirakuya Tōshiro, Kyoto, Himeji, Kōriyama) · 12 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book in the Edo period, printed in 1837 in Osaka and Edo and sold through several provincial booksellers, by the artist Matsukawa Hanzan. Its pages show ornamental figures, props and objects drawn in ink with short Japanese captions beside them. A designer could take from it the simple outline drawing style of Edo-era print craft, with figures and objects placed against areas of blank paper and small annotated text columns.

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