Title: Essentials of Painting (Ehon hitsuyō)
Object type: Illustrated book
Date: 1751
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Illustrations by Nakaji Sadatoshi 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1716–36
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 7 1/16 in. (26 × 18 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds