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牧金之助 編 · 1888 · 牧金之助 · 4 pictures

An 1888 Japanese picture book (ehon) volume, the fifth in a set titled Nezumi Kozo Shiranami Zoshi, compiled and published by Maki Kinnosuke in Tokyo for general readers. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of samurai and townsmen in night scenes, with bold hatched patterned kimono, shoji screens, moonlit water and a stylized treasure box, offering a designer strong graphic contrasts, pattern textures and dramatic silhouettes.

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