Designs for Ranma (Door Transoms) (Ranma zushiki) : [volume 1]

Ōoka, Shunboku, 1680-1763 · 1734 · Osaka : Ōnoki Ichibei 大野木市兵衛; Edo : Suhara Mohei 須原茂兵衛 · 15 pictures

A Japanese woodblock pattern book of Ranma door transom designs, made by Ōoka Shunboku (1680-1763) and published in Osaka and Edo in 1734 for carpenters and craftsmen. Its panels are black-ground spreads with white-line motifs of birds in flight, chrysanthemums with grasses, waves with a sun and clouds, and pine branches in rain, with poem text in columns above.

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