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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

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 5 of 星月夜見聞実記, compiled by 武田交来 and illustrated by 梅堂国政 and published by 大倉孫兵衛 for general readers in Japan. Its pages show woodblock-printed scenes of seated and standing figures in patterned kimono, with columns of kana text running around the images, giving a designer a dense, hand-lettered vernacular style with strong figure silhouettes and bold black-and-white contrast.

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