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絵本金花談 巻之6 1冊

速水春暁斎 画 · 前川源七郎 · 8 pictures

This is an illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, volume 6 of the Ehon Kinka-dan, with pictures by Hayami Shungyosai and published by Maekawa Genshichirō. The pictures are monochrome woodblock-style line prints of samurai and interiors, with folding screens, paper lanterns, and tiled roofs drawn in a flat, angled perspective. A designer might take from them the strong black-and-white contrast, the cropped figures seen from above, and the patterned wave and floral screen borders.

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