[絵本] 〔４〕鏡山誉勇婦上

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1883 · 関根孝助 · 20 pictures

This is an 1883 Japanese picture book (ehon) in volume four of its series, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Sekine Kōsuke in Tokyo for general readers of woodblock-printed fiction. The pages pair woodblock figures of kimono-clad women and men with columns of vertical Japanese text, with hatched patterned robes, striped garments and interior screens that a designer could draw on for textile or border motifs.

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