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A Picture Book on the Communication of Home Precepts part II (Ehon teikin ōrai nihen 絵本庭訓往来二編)

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1830 · Nagoya and Edo: Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎 · 29 pictures

A Picture Book on the Communication of Home Precepts part II is a Japanese woodblock illustrated book by Katsushika Hokusai, published in 1830 in Nagoya and Edo by Eirakuya Tōshirō for general readers learning letters. Its double-page spreads pair columns of calligraphic text with small black-line scenes of figures, interiors and gardens, mostly in a plain monochrome woodcut style.

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