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口木山人 訳 · 1883 · 東京金玉出版社 · 35 pictures

An 1883 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in Tokyo by Kingyoku Shuppansha, a Japanese adaptation of the Journey to the West story, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-style black-and-white pictures show episodes with monkey-king figures, pilgrims, and fantastic creatures in pine-and-rock landscapes, with dense calligraphic captions in the margins that a designer could use for bold line-art compositions and vertical text 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