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[絵本役割] 明治１７年１０月刊

深谷亀太郎 編 · 1887 · 深谷亀太郎 · 11 pictures

A Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Fukaya Kametarō and published by him in 1887, the 17th year of Meiji, with woodblock-style prints of townspeople and commoners in interiors, shop scenes and crowds. The pictures show figures in kimono with dense handwritten Japanese labels and calligraphic text set among them, and a designer might take from them the crowded, text-integrated layouts and bold black linework of late Meiji print.

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