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久保田彦作 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1879 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 35 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) of 1879, compiled by Kubota Hikosaku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published in Tokyo by Ōkura Magobei for a general reading public. Its woodblock pages pair dense Japanese text columns with bold black-and-white scenes of figures in kimono, interiors, and night settings, offering a designer strong graphic contrast, patterned fabric textures, and decisive silhouette-based compositions.

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