Picture Book: Thousand-Year Mountain? (Ehon Chitoseyama? 絵本千年山?
Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 Japanese
Not on view
Nishikawa Sukenobu was one of Kyoto's most productive ukiyo-e artists. He studied under the painter Kano Einō (1631–1697), then Tosa Mitsusuke (1675–1710), and finally turned to ukiyo-e. His illustrated books were well received by elite readers and artists in Edo.
The three-volume book Ehon Chitose-yama illustrates contemporary genre scenes with a short educational text and a poem over each double-page spread; the final volume is shown here.
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