[絵本] 〔２〕腕競心三俣初編下

川上謂一郎 (鼠辺) 編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1880, published by Kinmatsudō, with text compiled by Kawakami Ichirō (Sohen) and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa for a popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages show male figures in striped kimono and checkered trousers set against patterned screens, paper doors, and bamboo, with dense columns of Japanese script running beside them. A designer might take its bold black-and-white linework, patterned backgrounds, and compact figure-and-text page layouts as reference for graphic composition.

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