[絵本] 〔２〕新編伊香保土産４編上

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 22 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-style black-and-white pages mix small columns of kana text with full-width scenes of robed monks, a woman at a sliding screen, and a figure seated on a veranda, which give a designer a clear example of compact narrative layout where text and figure share the frame.

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