[絵本] 〔２〕仙代萩実録

沢久次郎編 · 1894 · 沢久次郎 · 15 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book of 1894, published by Sawa Kyujiro, presenting scenes from the kabuki drama Sendai Hagi retold as a multi-page illustrated booklet. The pages show seated and standing male figures in patterned kimono and hakama, with Japanese text columns beside them, rendered in black-and-white woodblock-style line work with some grey tone. A designer could take from them the compact figure poses, layered textile patterns such as small hexagonal and checked motifs, and the vertical arrangement of text beside image.

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