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森本順三郎著 · 1888 · 森本順三郎 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Morimoto Junzaburo, printed in Japan for general readers of popular illustrated fiction. The pages show figures in kimono and samurai dress in interiors and street scenes, with calligraphic text panels set among the scenes. A designer might take the compact framing of text blocks beside figures, the patterned checked and hexagonal textile motifs, and the clear black line work of traditional Japanese print layout.

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