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The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 2]

Nishimura, Nantei, 1775-1834 · 1804 · Kyoto: Chōjiya Genjirō 丁子屋源治郎 et al. · 3 pictures

The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book by Nishimura Nantei, published in Kyoto in 1804 by Chōjiya Genjirō for general readers. Its double-page spreads show ink-line figures of townspeople, women in elaborate hairstyles and kimono, and street scenes, drawn with loose, economical strokes that suit designers studying Edo-period figure gesture, costume silhouette and crowded composition.

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