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江戸府内絵本風俗往来 中編(2コマ〜)、下編(86コマ〜)

菊池貴一郎 (芦乃葉散人) 著 · 1905 · 東陽堂 · 96 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book, Edo Fuzoku Ōrai, written by Kikuchi Kiichirō (pen name Ashinoha Sanjin) and published in Tokyo by Tōyōdō in 1905, describing customs of Edo for a general reading public. Its pages are monochrome line illustrations of street scenes, interiors, gardens and brawls, showing period dress, architecture and crowd composition a designer could use for compositional reference on Edo-era subjects.

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