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大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published in 1885, aimed at a general popular readership. Its pages pair bold black-and-white figure scenes with dense columns of Japanese text, showing samurai, townspeople and kimono-clad women in interiors and bamboo-lined outdoor settings. A designer could draw on the strong graphic contrast of heavy outlines, patterned robes and calligraphic text blocks.

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