[絵本万歳] 熱田万才

1888 · 万歳屋 · 7 pictures

An 1888 Japanese picture book titled 熱田万才 (Atsuta Manzai), published by Manzaiya, a printed ehon in the tradition of illustrated books for general readers. The pictures are sparse, ink-line drawings of a robed figure in a black cap and a broom, plus fragments of large cursive kana and a horizontal rule, all with heavy print speckle. A designer might take from them the bold calligraphic kana shapes and the simple, economical contour line of the figure and broom.

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