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大西庄之助 編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Onishi Shonosuke and published in 1885, aimed at general readers and told through woodblock-style prints with running text. The pictures show kneeling figures in interiors with sliding paper screens, kimono patterns, and handwritten Japanese columns framing each scene, which a designer could take as a model for dense text-and-image layouts and striped or checked textile 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