Chikudō Picture Album (Chikudō gafu) : [volume 1]

Ki, Chikudō, -1825 · 1800 · Kyoto : Hishiya Magobei 菱屋孫兵衛 · 4 pictures

The Chikudō Picture Album is a Japanese woodblock picture book issued in Kyoto in 1800 by the publisher Hishiya Magobei, and it was made by the artist Ki Chikudō, who died in 1825, for a general audience of readers and art collectors. Its pages pair brushed ink paintings of bamboo, plum blossom and a moon with boating scenes and short Chinese poems set in calligraphy. A designer might take its economical brushwork, the way a few dark strokes suggest leaves and branches, and the generous empty paper around each motif.

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