Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Tōto meisho ichiran) : [volume 1]
Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance is a Japanese woodblock picture book of Edo sights issued in 1800 by the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō, with designs by Katsushika Hokusai for a general urban readership. Its double-page spreads show townspeople in gardens, riverbanks and shrines, with short poem captions set in columns above each scene. A designer could draw on its sparse layouts, pale washed colour, and the economical use of tree silhouettes and figures against open ground.
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