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桜姫曙草紙 : 絵本 巻之2

山東京伝 著, 歌川豊国 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 11 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, written by Santō Kyōden and illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni, published by Okada Mohei for a general reading public. The pictures are black-and-white line woodcuts with dense foliage, half-timbered architecture, and figures in period dress, offering a designer sketch-like linework, strong silhouettes against foliage, and framed vignettes with calligraphic text panels.

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