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[絵本] 橋供養梵字文覚新皿屋舗月雨暈 上

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1884 · 栄久堂 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book from 1884, compiled by Takeuchi Eikyu and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Eikyudo, with black-and-white woodblock-style pages framed by columns of kana text. The pictures show samurai in patterned armour, figures in kimono with hexagon and checkered motifs, and seated couples in ornate robes, which a designer could use for dense graphic pattern and bold black-line figure silhouettes.

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