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斎藤長八編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 14 pictures

A Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Saito Chohachi and published in 1887 in Japan, the Meiji-era woodblock-printed book from which these pages come. The pictures show crowded scenes of figures in kimono and split-cloth costume, many carrying boxed placards or tags, with vertical Japanese text and printed captions filling the margins. A designer might take the dense, busy compositions, the layered black-and-white linework, and the sign-like lettering as a model for crowded graphic layouts.

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