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牧金之助 編 · 1890 · 牧金之助 · 2 pictures

This is a late nineteenth-century Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1890, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published by Maki Kinnosuke, telling the story of the outlaw Nezumi Kozō. The first picture is a faint, heavily worn line drawing of a lacquered chest or cabinet with a fan-like object and scattered debris on the floor, while the second is a woodblock print of two men in patterned kimono with swords beside a bamboo-slatted fence, a paper lantern at right and a column of text. A designer could take from them the bold patterned textile motifs, the dense vertical kana text panels, and the flat, high-contrast woodcut figure poses.

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