[絵本] 〔２〕金花胡蝶幻３編上

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book of 1880, published by Seiseido, with text by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshimasa) and illustrations by Morikawa Chikashige, aimed at a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show kimono-clad figures in interiors and domestic scenes, with dense columns of Japanese text running beside the images, offering a designer dense patterned kimono textiles, lattice floors and strong black-and-white line contrast.

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