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荒川吉五郎 編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigoro, compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro, aimed at general readers and telling the Kuro-te-gumi Sukeroku story in woodblock prints with kana text. The pictures show kimono-clad townsmen in interiors and street scenes, with bold black outlines, patterned robes, and dense columns of text beside each figure, offering a designer examples of compact narrative panel layouts and textile pattern 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