[絵本] 〔１〕滋賀県美談今常盤布施譚２編上

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shoendo, with text by storyteller Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, printed for popular readers. Its woodblock-style pages put dense vertical Japanese text beside seated figures in patterned kimono, interiors with sliding screens, and a few small props, offering a designer examples of compact text-and-image layout and dense patterned textile drawing.

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