[絵本] 〔１〕水錦隅田曙３編下

伊東専三編, 梅堂国政画 · 1879 · 金松堂 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1879 by Kinshōdō, edited by Itō Senzō and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with figures in kimono, seated or standing in interiors and gardens. A designer might draw on the patterned kimono textiles, the tight relationship between vertical text columns and figures, and the stark black-and-white line work.

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