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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) edited by Kanagaki Robun and published in Tokyo by Kinmatsudō in 1880, part of a serialised crime tale for a popular readership. Its pages are woodblock prints with dense columns of kana text set between figures in interiors. A designer might draw on the strong black-and-white patterning of kimono textiles, the tight framing of rooms through screens and sliding doors, and the integration of calligraphy with image.

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