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小桜姫風月奇観 : 絵本 巻之1

山東京山 著, 歌川国貞 画 · 岡田茂兵衛等 · 15 pictures

This is a Japanese picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, written by Yamatō Kyōzan and illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada, published by Okada Mohei and associates for a popular readership. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints with dense patterned borders, bold outlines and strong figure poses, showing a designer how Edo-era narrative illustration organized figures, calligraphic captions and decorative frames on a page.

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