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[絵本] 〔９〕 日高川道成寺

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1889 · 堤吉兵衛 · 8 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1889 by Tsutsumi Kichibee, presenting the Dojoji temple legend of the Hidaka River through woodblock-style prints for a general reading public. The four pictures show a woman in a patterned kimono beside a low wooden platform, a swordfight between two men in a garden, two women seated together on a veranda with a folding fan, and a figure in a dark robe with a hooded headdress kneeling before a patterned hem. Designers can take the bold checkerboard and hexagon patterns on the robes, the framed kana text panels, and the strong black-and-white line contrast.

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