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[絵本] 〔２〕 お七吉三一代記

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1888 · 堤吉兵衛 · 8 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book, volume 2 of the Oshichi Kichizō life story, compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in 1888. Its woodblock-style pages pair crowded kana text with figures in kimono, interiors with shoji screens, and a street of tiled roofs. A designer might take its bold black-and-white figure silhouettes, patterned striped and checked garments, and the way text blocks sit inside the image frame.

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