[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 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Enjudō, with text compiled by Izumi Ryūtei Zesei and illustrations by Ōsai Fusane, aimed at general popular readers. Its pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with bold black-and-white woodblock figures in patterned kimono, showing seated men, a standing figure, and a servant serving food. A designer could take from them the striking density of block text beside rhythmic striped and patterned robe designs, and the compositional tension of figures cropped against blank or lattice backgrounds.

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