[絵本] 〔１〕笠松峠鬼神お松物語上

永島辰五郎編, 孟斎芳虎画 · 1881 · 宮田孝助 · 19 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book, Kasamatsu Tōge Kijin Omatsu Monogatari vol. 1, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō, illustrated by Gesai Yoshitora and published by Miyata Kōsuke, aimed at a popular readership. Its woodblock pages show standing and seated male figures in patterned kimono with dense calligraphic text columns beside them, with bold black-and-white line work and crisp crest and sprig motifs a designer could adapt for patterns, borders, or ink-line illustration.

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