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小桜姫風月奇観 : 絵本 巻之2

山東京山 著, 歌川国貞 画 · 岡田茂兵衛等 · 9 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book, volume 2 of Kozakura-hime Fūgetsu Kikan, written by SanTō Kyōzan and illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada, published in Edo by Okada Mohei and others. The woodblock pages show a dramatic narrative with figures on bridges, stone stairs and waterside gardens, with dense crosshatched foliage and water. A designer might take the strong black-and-white line work, the tiered compositions and the way crowded figures are framed by architecture and plants.

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