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沢久次郎 編 · 1894 · 沢久次郎 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him in 1894, apparently aimed at general popular readers of crime-court stories. The single picture shows a man in a striped kimono crouching in a dark, rain-streaked or bamboo-lined setting beside a wooden post, with kana text columns running down the page; a designer might take its bold black-and-white hatching, dynamic diagonal composition, and strong figure silhouette against heavy shadow.

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