[絵本] 〔１〕滋賀県美談今常盤布施譚初編中

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated storybook (ehon) published in 1880 by Shōendō, with text attributed to Matsubayashi Hakuen and pictures by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-style pages pair full-width figure scenes with columns of Japanese text set around the figures, showing how a figure can be framed by dense vertical type. A designer might borrow the interplay of patterned kimono textures, the tight calligraphic columns, and the flat black-and-white linework of these 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