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牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 23 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa in 1886, presenting edifying tales for a general readership through woodblock-style prints with columns of text. The four pictures show a robed ruler on a raised platform with a child, a seated bearded man with a young attendant, a figure with flowing hair before a screen, and a robed official at a painted sliding panel. Designers may take from them the strong line work, patterned robes and cloud-scroll backgrounds, and the vertical text columns framing each scene.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library