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[絵本] 〔２〕 金花胡蝶幻 ２編上

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重 画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 12 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1880 by Seiseidō, with text by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshikata) and pictures by Morikawa Chikashige, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock-style pages show indoor domestic scenes of kimono-clad figures in tatami rooms, with patterned striped and checked textiles, hanging cloth, and dense columns of Japanese text beside each image, offering a designer examples of compact figure composition and vertical text layout.

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