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斎藤長八編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 12 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Saito Chohachi and published in 1887 in Japan, likely for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show crowded scenes of kabuki-style theatre actors in layered costumes, samurai in armour with crest-marked clothing, and town streets with carts and boats, with Japanese captions set in vertical columns. A designer could draw on the dense, rhythmic arrangement of figures, the bold black-and-white line work, and the way text columns frame each scene.

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