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斎藤長八 編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 5 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Saito Chohachi and published in Tokyo in 1887, aimed at general readers. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of crowded interiors and figures in kimono, with Japanese calligraphic captions and cartouches; a designer might take from them the dense, flat compositional layering and the bold linework of late Edo-style print traditions.

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