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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published in 1887, illustrating a ghost story from Utsunomiya-style kabuki tales for a popular readership. The four pages show woodblock-style figures in period robes, with columns of Japanese text beside them, offering a designer compact figure poses, striped kimono patterns, and dense vertical calligraphy as texture.

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