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斎藤長八 編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 6 pictures

This Meiji-period Japanese picture book (ehon), compiled by Saito Chohachi and published in 1887, presents woodblock-style illustrations of figures in traditional dress and stage-like interiors, with kana and kanji captions. The pictures show heavily patterned robes, lattice screens, a stone lantern and crowded gatherings, offering a designer useful references for Japanese woodblock layout, decorative textile patterns and the integration of text into image.

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