[絵本万歳] 御城万才

1888 · 万歳屋 · 4 pictures

A Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Mannaiya, a Japanese publisher, aimed at general readers. Its four pictures are heavily contrasted scans: a bucket or barrel with a bundle of sticks, a black cover panel with a figure and a white-and-black striped object beside a round moon-like disc, a teapot and cup sketched in plain line, and a radiating sunburst over a dark ground. A designer could take bold black-and-white silhouette, high-contrast graphic shapes, and the radial sunburst composition.

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