[絵本] 〔１〕冬楓月夕栄初編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 16 pictures

An 1883 Japanese ehon picture book (volume 1, first installment) compiled by Saikasen Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, revised by Kanagaki Robun, published by Kinshōdō in Tokyo for a general readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show samurai-style figures in patterned kimono and hakama, with dense vertical columns of Japanese text framing each scene and a few plain flat areas of ink and patterned fabric. A designer might take the bold black-and-white contrast, the flowing vertical text blocks, and the patterned kimono motifs such as cherry blossom and geometric textile designs.

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