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絵本女礼式

1889 · 佐藤清三郎 · 62 pictures

A Japanese picture book of women's etiquette, published in 1889 by Satō Seizaburō and sorted under ehon picture books. Its woodblock-style pages show kneeling women at tea and serving scenes, drawn in simple black line with light patterned kimono textures. A designer could take the economical figure poses, low tables seen from above, and patterned robe motifs as reference for period Japanese domestic illustration.

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