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[絵本] 〔1〕 滋賀県美談今常盤布施譚 2編下

松林伯円 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shoendo, with text by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, printed for popular readers. The woodblock-style pictures show seated and standing figures in interiors with latticed windows and dense columns of text running around the scenes, offering a designer models of bold black line, patterned screens, and text-framed panels.

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