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[絵本] 〔６〕 白井権八一代話

児玉又七 編 · 1880 · 大橋堂 · 12 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book titled Shiraishi Gonpachi's Life, compiled by Kodama Matashichi and published by Daibashido, printed from woodblock with columns of kana text beside the scenes. The pages show a seated man in a patterned kimono facing a kneeling woman with a dramatic swordsman on a balcony, with their bold black ink outlines and checkered textile patterns offering designers strong figure silhouettes and textile motifs.

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