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[絵本] [第2冊] 〔2〕 菊重延命嚢 初編上

久保田彦作 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1879 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1879 by Okura Magobei, compiled by Kubota Hikosaku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. The woodblock-printed pages show seated and standing men in patterned kimono among shop fronts and lanterns, with kana text set in columns around the scenes, offering a designer dense patterned textiles, lettering layouts and compact vignette 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