[絵本] 〔１〕籬の菊操鏡２編上

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 15 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Seiseidō, compiled by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshikata) with illustrations by Morikawa Chikashige, a woodblock edition aimed at general readers. The four pictures show a richly patterned kimono-clad woman seated with a fan-like composition of text, a woman in a window with bamboo and a crackled-glass screen, two figures in a close embrace in striped and patterned robes, and a dramatic fight scene with a drawn sword against a shoji with a cartouche. A designer could draw on the dense textile patterns, the crisp black-line hatching, and the balance of calligraphic text panels against figures.

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