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[絵本] 〔５〕 星月夜見聞実記

武田交来 (勝次郎) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1881 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 14 pictures

This Meiji-era ehon picture book, volume 5 of Hoshizukiyo kenbun jikki, was compiled by Takeda Kōrai with illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa and published in 1881 by Ōkura Magobei in Japan. Its woodblock-printed pages show samurai in dark patterned robes, moonlit night fights, and interior scenes with kneeling figures and folding screens, framed by columns of Japanese text. A designer could take from them the bold black-and-white pattern work on kimono, dramatic silhouette compositions, and the layout of text beside full-page scenes.

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