[絵本] 〔３２〕都鳥梅若譚下

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book published in 1885 by Ōnishi Shōnosuke, a woodblock print series of playbook-style illustrations with kana text columns beside figures in kimono and armour. The pictures show seated and standing figures in patterned robes, with a stylised pine-branch and hatched backgrounds; a designer might take the bold black-line figure poses, the striped and checked textile patterns, and the dense vertical text layout as a model for compositional contrast of image and calligraphy.

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