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[絵本] 〔2〕 鼠〔ベラシ〕甲子真聞 初編

泉竜亭是正 編, 桜斎房種 画 · 1880 · 延寿堂 · 18 pictures

An 1880 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Enjudō, with text compiled by Izumi Ryūtei Zesei and illustrations by Ōsai Fusane, printed in black-and-white woodblock. Its pages show figures in patterned kimono in interiors and street scenes with columns of kana text beside them, offering a designer ideas for dense patterned textile motifs and the layout of text around figures.

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