[絵本] 〔２〕新編伊香保土産２編下

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shōendō, compiled by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock-printed pages show a seated man in patterned robes, three women in striped and patterned kimono, and interior scenes with a woman, two men and a child, with kana text set in columns around the figures. A designer might take the dense patterned textiles, the layered kimono motifs, and the tight integration of text columns with figures as a model for pattern and typographic layout.

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