[絵本] 〔２〕櫓太鼓成田仇討下

梅堂国政画 · 1885 · 松栄堂 · 21 pictures

An 1885 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) in volume two of a set, published by Shoeido and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, presumably for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages pair kneeling and standing figures in patterned kimono with dense columns of Japanese text, and a designer might take from them the compact layout of image and calligraphic text, the striped and floral textile patterns, and the expressive poses of stage-like characters.

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