Picture Book on the Music of the Pine Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)
A Japanese woodblock picture book printed in Edo in 1795 by Tsutaya Juzaburo, made by Katsukawa Shunsho, with illustrations paired with poems in calligraphic columns. The double-page spreads show courtly and genteel figures in gardens, pavilions and riverside settings, drawn in soft yellow, red and green colour on cream paper. A designer could take the restrained palette, the flowing kimono patterns and the way verse and picture share a page.
