[絵本] 〔１〕当世新聞集

児玉弥七編 · 1884 · 大橋堂 · 24 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled 当世新聞集, compiled by Kodama Yashichi and published by Ohashido in 1884, aimed at general readers of contemporary news and gossip. Its pages pair woodblock-style illustrations with columns of Japanese text, with scenes of townspeople, houses, and domestic moments. A designer might take the compact page layouts, the bold black linework, and the interplay of dense vertical text beside figures.

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