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斎藤長八 編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 14 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book, published in 1887 by Saitō Chōhachi as editor and publisher, is a woodblock-printed ehon of crowded genre scenes with Japanese text. The pictures show dense groups of figures in kimono and hakama, many with crest-marked garments, gathered around banquet tables and processions; a designer might draw on their tightly packed compositions, bold black-and-white patterning of crests and textiles, and vertical columns of calligraphic captions.

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