[絵本] 〔１〕浜真砂五右衛門一代記上

守川音次郎編 · 1880 · 小森宗次郎 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Morikawa Otojirō and published by Komori Sōjirō in 1880, telling the life story of the outlaw Goemon in woodblock-style prints with dense columns of Japanese text. The pictures show seated samurai and townsmen in kimono and hakama with crests, plus lanterns, a basket, and a figure beneath a patterned quilt; their bold outlines, flat black masses and hatched textures suggest strong graphic contrast and vertical text panels a designer could borrow.

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