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大西庄之助 編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 22 pictures

An 1885 Japanese ehon picture book published by Ōnishi Shōnosuke, compiled as a popular illustrated volume for general readers in Japan. Its woodblock-style pages pair kneeling and standing figures in patterned kimono with dense vertical columns of Japanese text. A designer might take the bold checkered and striped textile patterns, the compact figure poses, and the tightly stacked calligraphic columns as models for graphic layout and pattern work.

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