Picture Book with Playful Poems for the Young God Ebisu (Ehon waka Ebisu)
A Japanese illustrated picture book of playful poems for the young god Ebisu, made by Kitagawa Utamaro in 1792 and aimed at a general audience of readers during the New Year season. Its pictures show Edo-period court and household life in ink and colour, with figures in layered robes, screens, pine trees and architecture rendered in flat, patterned washes that a designer could borrow for layout and decorative pattern.
