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絵本三国妖婦伝

高井蘭山 著 · 1886 · 高橋恭次郎 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era (1886) Japanese woodblock-printed picture book, the Ehon Sangoku Yōfu-den, written by Takai Ranzan and published by Takahashi Kyōjirō, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its pictures are black-and-white line illustrations with kanji captions in speech balloons and cartouches, showing costumed figures in interiors and mountain landscapes with sweeping, decorative patterned robes that a designer could draw on for bold linework, pattern, and calligraphic text framing.

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