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[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 · 18 pictures

An 1883 Japanese ehon picture book, published by Kinshōdō, with text compiled by Saikaen Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and reviewed by Kanagaki Robun, made for popular readers. Its pages pair woodblock figure scenes of samurai and townspeople with columns of Japanese text, offering a designer dense black-and-white linework, calligraphic panels, and framed vignettes that suit bold graphic layouts.

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