[絵本] 〔２〕蓆旗群馬嘶第２編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), the second part of a woodblock-printed illustrated volume published in 1883 by Kinmatsudō, with text compiled by Saikaen Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, and revised by Kanagaki Robun for a general popular readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints with dense vertical columns of Japanese text running between figures in kimono, showing seated men in striped and checked robes, a shoji screen window, and tabletop objects, giving a designer a clear example of compact text-and-image layout and patterned textile detailing from the period.

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