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鶴田真容 編 · 1878 · 当世堂 · 34 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated primer (ehon) of 1878, compiled by Tsuruta Masatada and published by Tosei-dō, presenting everyday objects and vocabulary for letter-writing and daily life in Japan. Its pictures are simple black line drawings beside columns of kana and kanji glosses, with compact, legible silhouettes of household objects, a thatched farmhouse, and wrapped gifts that a designer could adapt for flat icon sets or pictogram systems.

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