Kurimoto Tanshuu (1756 - 1834) sketched wildlife during the Edo period. Check out the National Diet Library links below for more of his fantastic illustrations.
- Senchuufu: 275 pages of creepy crawlies (3 volumes)
- Tako-kurage-ika rui zumaki: 16 images of octopi, jellyfish and squid
- Igyozusan: 10 images of unusual fish (folding scroll)
- Gyofu: 51 images of stingrays and unusual fish
- Gyofu: 60 pages of fish (2 scrolls)
- Mamboukou: 18 images from a book on mambou (sunfish)
- Igyozusan/Seikaihyakurin: 60 images of fish (2 volumes)
- Hyakucho fuzanketsu: 5 images from a scroll of birds
- Karei zui: 38 images of flatfish (scroll)
- Choujuugyo shaseizu: 5 images of various animals (scrolls)
[Via: armchair aquarium]
elmar kitse
What on earth is that frogman type thing in the middle shot? It's dropped into a series but seems completely out of place.
[]kappa
The frogman creature is called a 'kappa'. Read more here.
[]elmar kitse
thank you...most informative
[]rRe Narita
Thisis art i really like and can live with. if i were rich I would commision several fantastic illustrations. rie Narita
[]Rie Narita
Sorry i got my name wrong. English is difficult for me.
[]Daniel
A bit modern and scary for my taste but very unusual illustrations
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