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永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 24 pictures

This is an 1882 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 4, titled Suzuki Mondo Uwasa Shinjuku, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugoro and published by Komori Sojiro, aimed at general popular readers. Its woodblock-style pages show seated and standing figures in patterned kimono, with columns of Japanese text running down the margins. A designer could take the bold black-and-white line work, the dense textile patterns on the robes, and the tight integration of vertical calligraphy with figures.

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