[絵本] 〔１〕冬楓月夕栄２編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 17 pictures

This is an 1883 Japanese ehon picture book published by Kinmatsudō, compiled by Saika-en Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and reviewed by Kanagaki Robun, made for a general readership of popular fiction. Its pictures are woodblock-style scenes of samurai-costumed men in striped hakama and patterned kimono, set beside dense columns of Japanese text, offering a designer bold black linework, dynamic poses and strong graphic patterning in the textiles and hatching.

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