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牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 7 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Kinjudo in 1888 in Tokyo for general readers of woodblock-style prints. The pictures are fine black-and-white line illustrations of kimono-clad figures in interiors and on stage-like settings, with dense patterned textiles, folding screens, and columns of vertical Japanese text, offering a designer ornate linework, textile pattern density, and traditional Japanese framing devices.

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