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久保田彦作 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1879 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 19 pictures

An 1879 Japanese ehon picture book published by Okura Magobei, compiled by Kubota Hikosaku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, likely for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style prints show women in patterned kimono, a seated samurai beneath pine branches, and a figure in rain beside a wooden tub, each framed by columns of kana text. A designer might take the dense textual layouts, patterned kimono motifs, and strong black-and-white figure silhouettes.

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