Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo (Ehon Azuma asobi) : [volume 3]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1802 · Edo : Tsutaya Jūzaburō, 蔦屋重三郎 · 7 pictures

Illustrated Book of Outings in Edo is a volume of woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai, published in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1802 by Tsutaya Jūzaburō for a general urban readership. The pictures show sightseeing spots around Edo, with rooftops, shrines, boats on the water and crowds at markets. A designer could draw on their layered horizontal bands of pale pink sky, flat ochre and grey roofs, and dense small figures arranged in receding space.

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

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