[絵本] 〔２〕徳川天一坊一代記上・下

橋本兼次郎著 · 1876 · 小林鉄次郎 · 51 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled after the Tokugawa pretender Tenichibo, written by Hashimoto Kenjirō and published in 1876 by Kobayashi Tetsujirō, probably for popular readers. Its woodblock-style pages pair tall figure prints with dense columns of kana and kanji text, and the strong black outlines and patterned kimono textures suggest flat graphic devices a designer could borrow for bold, contrasting layouts.

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