[絵本] 〔１３〕妹背山婦女庭訓

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 21 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, Imoseyama Onna Teikin vol. 13, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Komori Sojiro in Tokyo for a general readership of popular theatre fans. Its woodblock-style pages show kabuki-like scenes of costumed samurai and court ladies, with dense columns of Japanese text running beside the figures. A designer might take the bold black line work, patterned kimono textiles such as asanoha and cloud motifs, and the compact figure-and-text page layouts.

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