Picture Book of the Wisteria Trousers (Ehon fujibakama) : [volume 2]

Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832 · 1823 · Edo: Kadomaruya Jinsuke 角丸屋甚助; Kadomaruya Tokusaburō 角丸屋徳三郎 · 6 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book, volume 2 of the Ehon fujibakama, made by the artist Yanagawa Shigenobu and published in Edo in 1823 by the Kadomaruya firm for a general reading public. The pictures are monochrome line illustrations with touches of red and pale colour, showing interiors, a lute player under a pine, and scenes of figures in gardens and rooms, with short poem captions in the margins; a designer might take from them the economical linework, the flat spatial layering of screens and verandas, and the restrained use of a single warm accent colour.

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