Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu 姿絵百人一首) : [volume 1]

Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694 · 1695 · 14 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed illustrated book of 1695 by Hishikawa Moronobu, one of the founders of ukiyo-e, offering portraits of the hundred poets of the classic Hyakunin isshu anthology, with a poem in calligraphy beside each figure. The pictures are spare black line drawings on pale paper, showing seated and standing courtiers, monks and women in patterned robes set against cloud bands and small pines, a clean compositional model for designers working with figure-and-text layouts.

Poets, Japanese -- Portraits · Japanese poetry

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