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In 1787 Tōkei published Tōkei Gafu (i.e., Picture Album by Tōkei). It was a two volume, woodblock-printed, picture book with thirty pictures of flowers and (or) birds. The fourteen pictures included in volume one are shown in this gallery. Click on a picture to enlarge it. Tōkei used a Chinese drawing style which aimed to capture the subject’s inner spirit rather than its external form. Consequently, neither shape nor color was true to life. To see pictures from both volumes click here.
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Photo album created with Web Album Generator