Picture Book of the Souvenirs of Edo (Ehon Edo miyage 絵本江戸土産) : [volume 06]

Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858 · 1850 · Edo: Kinkōdō 金幸堂 · 21 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book printed in Edo in 1850 by the publisher Kinkōdō, by Andō Hiroshige, showing the city and its surroundings for travellers and armchair readers. The pages are double-spread views of riverbanks, bridges, boats and town rooftops, with brief calligraphic captions set in the sky or water. A designer could take the sparse, layered compositions, pale blue and ochre washes, and the flat outline of distant trees and rooftops as a model for quiet landscape layouts.

Tokyo (Japan)

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