The Tales of Ise with Annotations (Ise Monogatari tōsho shō 伊勢物語頭書抄) : [volume 3]
The Tales of Ise with Annotations is a Japanese illustrated book of classical court poetry tales, printed in Kyoto in 1679 and attributed to the ukiyo-e artist Hishikawa Moronobu, for literate readers of the Edo period. Its pictures are woodblock-printed spreads that pair dense calligraphic text columns with spare line drawings of courtly figures, pavilions, verandahs, pine trees and gardens, showing a designer how economical outline and open negative space can carry narrative.
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