[絵本] 〔２〕新編伊香保土産３編上

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

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shōendō, with text by Matsubayashi Hakuen and pictures by Umedō Kunimasa, likely aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock-style pages show kimono-clad men and women in interior and street scenes, with dense vertical Japanese text beside the figures, offering a designer examples of compositional tension and dramatic gesture in kimono patterns and the layout of text and 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