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[絵本] 〔1〕 雪月花三遊新話 2編上

篠田仙果 編, 生田芳春 画 · 1879 · 山村金三郎 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-period Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) of 1879, compiled by Shinoda Senka and illustrated by Ikuta Yoshiharu, published by Yamamura Kinzaburō in Tokyo for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages place small figures in kimono and robes beside dense columns of kana text, with the illustrations doing much of the narrative work. A designer could draw on the bold black-and-white striped kimono patterns, the compact figure groupings, and the way the text blocks frame each scene.

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