[絵本] 〔２〕白菖阿繁顛末３編中

岡本起泉 (勘造) 編, 芳川春濤閲 · 1882 · 島鮮堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Tōsendō, written by Okamoto Kizen with commentary by Yoshikawa Shuntō, aimed at a general reading public. The four woodblock-style pages show elegantly dressed women in interiors with sliding screens, a man kneeling beside a tea kettle and brazier, and dense columns of kana text framing the figures. A designer might take from them the economical hatched linework, the strong figure silhouettes against blank ground, and the way text blocks are integrated into the scene.

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