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Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 2]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1802 · Edo : Tsutaya Jūzaburō, 蔦屋重三郎 · 4 pictures

An 1802 Edo woodblock picture book by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo by Tsutaya Jūzaburō, showing townspeople's outings and daily life in the city. The four pictures are double-page spreads with shaded, fine-lined figures in street, shop and market scenes, offering a designer clear models for crowded compositions, layered architecture and the flat colour washes of Japanese prints.

Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868

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