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守川音次郎 編 · 1880 · 小森宗次郎 · 15 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1880, compiled by Moriyama Otojirō and published by Komori Sōjirō, illustrating a Kabuki-derived tale of Kagamiyama Furusato Nishiki. The woodblock-style black-and-white figures in kimono sit or stand among dense columns of Japanese text, offering designers a model for integrating figures with calligraphic type and patterned textile motifs.

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