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荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 19 pictures

An 1882 Japanese ehon picture book, compiled and published by Arakawa Kichigorō, illustrating the life of the statesman Yanagisawa, aimed at a general reading public. Its woodblock-printed pages pair dense columns of kana text with scenes of seated figures in patterned kimono indoors, shown in flat black outline with cut-out floral and geometric textile patterns that a designer could draw on for surface pattern 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