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石川和助 編 · 1880 · 石川和助 · 10 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 5 of the Samidare monogatari series, compiled by Ishikawa Wasuke and published by him in Japan for general readers. The woodblock-style black-and-white pictures show interior scenes of townspeople and a Western-dressed man beside boxed cargo, each framed with kana captions in vertical columns. A designer could draw on their crisp dense linework, strong figure silhouettes against plain interiors, and the contrast of kimono patterns with bold black garments.

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