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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 21 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book of 1887, compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him, with woodblock-printed pages of seated figures in patterned kimono set among columns of handwritten kana text. The pictures show formal interior scenes with sliding screens, lattice panels and crisp black outlines, offering a designer examples of compact figure-and-text page layouts and bold patterned textiles.

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