Illustrated Book of Domestic Manners (Ehon teikin ōrai 絵本庭訓往来) : [volume 3]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1828 · Nagoya and Edo : Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎, Tōhekidō, 東壁堂 · 26 pictures

An 1828 Japanese woodblock-printed volume from Nagoya and Edo, compiled and illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai for general readers interested in everyday Japanese life and manners. Its pages alternate small ink-line scenes with columns of cursive calligraphy, with each picture framed in a plain rectangle beside or below the text. A designer could draw on its economical black line work, loose framing of figures within landscape and interior settings, and the tight interplay of image and handwritten text.

Japan -- Social life and customs

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