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荒川吉五郎 編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

An 1882 Japanese ehon picture book compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published by him, a woodblock-printed volume of illustrated pages with dense columns of kana text framing each scene. The pictures show standing and seated male figures in patterned kimono and hakama, with a designer able to draw on their bold black linework, dense textile patterns, and text-filled margins as a model for graphic layouts.

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