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斎藤長八編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 12 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Saitō Chōhachi and published in Tokyo in December 1887, apparently aimed at general readers with a taste for theatrical and kabuki subjects. The pictures show crowded scenes of costumed figures in kimono and armour, with sharp black outlines, bold solid masses of ink, and dense calligraphic captions set among the figures, offering a designer strong contrasts of figure silhouette, hatched pattern, and vertical text blocks.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

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