[絵本] 〔１〕籬の菊操鏡初編中

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Seiseido, with text by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshikata) and illustrations by Morikawa Chikashige, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. The four pictures show seated and standing figures in patterned kimono beside lattice windows and screens, with columns of Japanese text running around them; a designer might take the dense woodblock-style line hatching, the repeated kimono and screen patterns such as hexagonal tortoiseshell and maple leaves, and the tightly integrated text blocks.

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