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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1887 · 堤吉兵衛 · 16 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published by him in 1887, illustrating a tale of revenge. Its double-page spreads pair black-and-white line illustrations of samurai and women with columns of Japanese text running down the margins. A designer might draw on the dense, patterned kimono and hakama textures, the diagonal geometric floor and screen patterns, and the compact interplay of carved-style figures with vertical text blocks.

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