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Famous Sites of Edo (Tōto meisho ichiran 東都名所一覧) : [volume 2]

Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 · 1815 · Bishū (Nagoya) : Hishiya Kinbei,尾州(名古屋): 菱屋金兵衛 · 10 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed guidebook of famous sites in Edo, published in Nagoya in 1815 by Hishiya Kinbei and attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, aimed at general readers and travellers. Its double-page spreads pair short poems in calligraphic columns with coloured views of shrines, temple grounds, stone steps, and crowds, showing how a designer can handle figures, layered landscape, and framing panels of text beside image.

Tokyo (Japan)

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