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宮武外骨 編 · 1911 · 雅俗文庫 · 63 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book of comic figures and slapstick, compiled by Miyatake Gaiko and published by Gazoku Bunko in 1911, drawn from the Edo-period ehon tradition of humorous sketches. The pictures show exaggerated, rubbery poses of clowns and commoners in kimono, with hand-lettered Japanese captions beside them, offering a designer strong examples of expressive gesture, caricature, and compact figure staging in simple linework.

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