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[絵本] 〔２〕 白菖阿繁顛末 ２編 上

岡本起泉 (勘造) 編, 芳川春濤 閲 · 1882 · 島鮮堂 · 13 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated fiction volume (ehon) from 1882, compiled by Okamoto Kisen with revision by Yoshikawa Shuntō and published by Tōsendō, aimed at general readers of popular serial fiction. Its woodblock-style prints show robed figures in patterned kimono set among text columns, with the calligraphy of the surrounding prose forming part of each page's design; a designer might take the dense interplay of hand-lettered columns and figure compositions as a model for layout and pattern.

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