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大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published by him in 1885, apparently for popular readers, with Japanese text set around the images. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white prints of kimono-clad figures in interiors and outdoor settings, with some framed captions and columns of kana text; a designer might take their dense text-and-image layouts and patterned kimono motifs as reference for vernacular Japanese print design.

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