[絵本] 〔１〕沢村田之助曙草紙４編

岡本起泉 (勘造) 編, 芳川春濤閲 · 1882 · 島鮮堂 · 18 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1882 by Tōsendō, compiled by Okamoto Kisen with revision by Yoshikawa Shuntō, aimed at a general reading public and telling a popular serialised story about the kabuki actor Sawamura Tanosuke. The woodblock-style pictures show stylised kimono patterns, dramatic poses and dense vertical Japanese text panels, offering a designer strong examples of bold black-and-white graphic layout and patterned textile motifs.

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