Catalog record · 目録番号 111528

Sketches of Birds and Animals - Choju Ryakuga Shiki (e-hon book)

Artist / 作者: Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)北尾政美（鍬形蕙斎）
Date / 年代: 1797
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 782 × 600 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

"Cho-ju Ryakuga Shiki" (The Sketches of Animals and Birds) Illustrations of various animals, insects and birds in "Ryakuga" style on 48 pages. "Ryakuga" litellary means "abbreviated". The pictures were executed in the minimum of brush strokes to show the essence of the forms. Masayoshi developed his charming and often sarcastic small drawings in the series of ryakuga-shiki books during the years from 1795 to 1813.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Originally in 1797. This edition was probably in Meiji-Taisho period. · artelino

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