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One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower (Sansai yuki hyakushu) : [volume 3]

Totoya, Hokkei, 1780-1850 · 1829 · Edo : Shunyūtei, 春友亭 · 3 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed comic poetry book (kyōka) issued in Edo in 1829 by the Shunyūtei publisher, with poems by Totoya Hokkei, illustrated with pairs of pages showing snowy scenes of travellers, labourers, and geese. The pictures use soft grey washes, ink-brush calligraphy, and loose snowflake dots, offering a designer a model for quiet winter atmosphere and the balance of text and image across a double-page spread.

Kyōka · Snow in literature

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