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絵本更科草紙 : 勇婦全伝 巻之1

栗杖亭鬼卵 著, 一峰斎馬円 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 11 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled 絵本更科草紙 Sarashina-related heroine tale, written by Kurikujō Tei Kiran and illustrated by Ippōsai Bamaru, published in Edo by Okada Mohei for popular readers. The woodblock prints show elegant women in patterned kimono, a warrior in a garden courtyard, and two men seated in an interior room with a brazier and bonsai, offering designers strong examples of line-based figure composition and layered kimono pattern.

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