[絵本] 〔１〕雪月花三遊新話初編下

篠田仙果編, 生田芳春画 · 1879 · 山村金三郎 · 17 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1879, compiled by Shinoda Senka and illustrated by Ikuta Yoshiharu, published by Yamamura Kinzaburo in Tokyo for general readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with figures in patterned kimono and interiors, showing bold black linework, dramatic poses and stylised textiles a designer could borrow for graphic patterns.

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