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沢久次郎 編 · 1894 · 沢久次郎 · 8 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him in 1894, printed in woodblock-style black-and-white line illustrations with Japanese text panels. The pictures show kimono-clad men and women in interior rooms with sliding screens, tatami floors, and a Buddhist altar, offering a designer clear examples of Edo-derived figure composition, patterned textiles, and dense calligraphic captions.

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