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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 10 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Kanagaki Robun under the pen name Neko Neko Dōjin and published by Kinmatsudō in 1880, presumably for a popular readership of crime and historical fiction. Its woodblock-printed pages show a dramatic tale of a violent criminal, with crosshatched kimono patterns, tense figures in interiors, and captioned panels a designer could draw on for bold, graphic line work and strong figure-ground contrast.

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