[絵本] 〔３〕川鵆天網船３編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 18 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1883, published by Kinmatsudō, with text compiled by Saikaen Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and revised by Kanagaki Robun, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. The woodblock-printed pages set small columns of kana text around figures, with the text blocks forming a dense grey field. A designer might take from them the contrast between dense calligraphic text and bold black-and-white figure work, with patterned kimono textures and strong diagonal compositions.

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