Illustrated Book of Humorous Poems "Mountain on Mountain" (Ehon Kyōka yama mata yama 絵本狂歌山満多山) : [volume 2]
This is a Japanese illustrated book of kyōka, comic thirty-one-syllable poems, made by Katsushika Hokusai and published in 1803 by Kōshodō in Edo for a general readership of poetry enthusiasts. Its double-page spreads pair printed verse columns with woodblock scenes of everyday life, landscape and gardens, and a designer might take from them the clean asymmetric layouts where small figures sit within open ground and text panels frame the image.
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