Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2]
Gathering of the Jewels is a Japanese illustrated book in volume 2, compiled by Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863) and published in Japan in 1861, pairing landscape views with handwritten verse. Its pages show ink and light colour washes of hills, pine trees, roofed buildings, a shrine and a stone bridge, with calligraphy filling the facing page. A designer might take its loose, economical brushwork and generous white space as a model for quiet, asymmetric layouts.
![Picture 1 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-4-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-6-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-7-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-10-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-11-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 12](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-12-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-13-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 14](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-14-1.webp)
![Picture 9 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-15-1.webp)
![Picture 10 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 17](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-17-1.webp)
![Picture 11 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 20](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-20-1.webp)
![Picture 12 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 21](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-21-1.webp)
![Picture 13 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 23](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-23-1.webp)
![Picture 14 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 29](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-29-1.webp)
![Picture 15 of 15 from Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi) : [volume 2] (1861), leaf 30](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18540-30-1.webp)