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川上謂一郎 (鼠辺) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Kinmatsudō, with text by Kawakami Ichirō and illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa, made for popular readers. The woodblock-style pages show samurai and townsfolk in tense interiors, with kimono patterns, swords and vertical columns of text that a designer could use for dense graphic layout and pattern reference.

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