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[絵本] 〔１〕 滋賀県美談今常盤布施譚 ３編上

松林伯円 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 21 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Matsunobo, with text by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, likely for a general reading audience of the Meiji period. Its pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with black-and-white prints of seated figures in patterned kimono, interiors and domestic scenes, which a designer might draw on for patterned textiles, linework and compositional layouts of text beside image.

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