[絵本] 〔４〕鬼神於松笠松奇談下

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 18 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) in four volumes' worth of pages, published in 1884 by Komori Sojiro with text compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints with dense columns of vertical Japanese text beside figures in kimono and samurai dress, showing interiors, a bamboo garden at night, and a standing warrior with a sword. A designer might draw on the strong calligraphic line, the tight integration of text and image, and the patterned kimono textiles.

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