[絵本役割] 明治２０年２月刊

深谷亀太郎編 · 1887 · 深谷亀太郎 · 12 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) compiled by Fukaya Kametarō and published by him in February 1887, Meiji 20, in Japan. The pictures show crowded scenes of armoured warriors and courtly figures in patterned robes, with Japanese captions and crest-marked garments that suggest a book of historical or theatrical roles. A designer could take the dense, high-contrast black-and-white patterning, the crest and textile motifs, and the tightly packed compositions with inscribed labels.

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