絵本胆太郎夢物語 5巻 [2]

・斎, 主人, 環, 玉江, ・斎主人序, 環玉江画 · 1800 · 山崎屋嘉兵衛 · 56 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book in woodblock print, published in 1800 by Yamazakiya Kahei, with text by Saishi Shujin and illustrations by Tamae Gyokuko, made for a general readership of the period. The pictures show indoor scenes of townspeople and attendants with calligraphic text in cloud-shaped panels, drawn in clean black outlines with sparse grey wash, offering a designer ideas about compact figure staging, simplified interiors, and text integrated into image space.

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