Illustrations of Chinese Poems Chosen from Toshisen's Book (Tōshisen ehon 唐詩撰畫本) : [volume 3]
A woodblock-printed Edo-period volume by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), published in Edo in 1833 by Kobayashi Shinbei, illustrating Chinese poems for a Japanese readership. The pages pair columns of Chinese calligraphic verse with ink-line scenes of figures, rocky landscapes, cliffs, waves and cranes, showing how Hokusai rendered classical Chinese subjects in sparse, controlled linework a designer could borrow for pattern, rock and water motifs.
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