[絵本役割] 明治２０年３月刊

斎藤長八編 · 1887 · 斎藤長八 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Saitō Chōhachi and published in Tokyo in March 1887 by its own publisher, aimed at general readers of popular woodblock-printed picture books. Its woodblock-style pages show crowded interior and street scenes of seated figures, samurai in confrontation, and gatherings in halls, with dense calligraphic captions and name labels running down the margins. A designer might borrow the tight, busy compositions, the bold black patterned kimono and hakama textures, and the vertical Japanese lettering set in cartouches.

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