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Kuniyomiyage is a Japanese picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, with printed woodblock illustrations and surrounding kana text, likely made for popular readers in Japan. Its pages show seated figures in interiors, with some rooms framed by lanterns, screens and tatami edges. A designer could take its loose, economical line work, dense text blocks set around the figures, and spare use of green and black ink.

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