[絵本] 〔３０〕百人町噂の白糸下

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) edited by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published by him in 1885, aimed at general readers of popular illustrated fiction. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white prints with dense columns of kana text beside seated figures in kimono, framed by simple interior screens, pine branches and flowering plants. A designer could take from them the compact layout of image beside vertical text and the bold ink outlines of kimono patterns.

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