[絵本] 〔６〕色吉原盛糸裲襠下

岡本起泉 (勘造) 編, 芳川春濤閲 · 1882 · 島鮮堂 · 21 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1882 was compiled by Okamoto Kisen and revised by Yoshikawa Shuntō, published by Shimasendō for a popular readership. Its pages pair woodblock-style figure prints with dense columns of Japanese text in a sketchy, high-contrast line that places kimono patterns, interiors and figures in busy compositions a designer could study for graphic layout and hatching.

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