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孝子伝 : 絵本

藤田善平 編 · 1885 · 岡本仙助 · 41 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book, the Kōshiden ehon of 1885, was compiled by Fujita Zenpei and published by Okamoto Sensuke, presenting short tales of filial devotion for a general readership. Its pictures are crisp black-and-white woodblock-style scenes of kneeling figures in interiors and gardens, with dense hatching on kimono folds and calligraphic panels, offering a designer strong examples of hatched linework and framed text cartouches.

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