[絵本] 〔４〕怪譚姐妃之於百

綱島亀吉編 · 1885 · 綱島亀吉 · 24 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Kametsuru Tsunashima's publisher Tsunashima Kamekichi in 1885, printed as woodblock-style line illustrations with kana and kanji captions set beside the figures. The pages show a kimono-clad woman on a veranda beneath a pine, a figure at a rail, a kneeling woman before a large moon, and a seated woman in an interior, suggesting a ghost-story (kaidan) narrative. A designer could take the bold black-and-white contrast, the framing of text blocks within pictures, and the patterned kimono linework 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