[絵本] 〔２〕はなさかせぢぢ

坂田善吉編 · 1879 · 坂田善吉 · 15 pictures

An 1879 Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sakata Zenkichi and published by him, a volume retelling the folktale of the flowering old man for a general readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line illustrations with Japanese text columns running alongside, showing a bent old man under a thatched eave, a sudden burst of action with a dancing figure and onlookers, and a kneeling man beside a basket and a tall dark object. A designer might take the bold, economical contour linework, the clear figure poses and gestures, and the vertical text panels as a graphic layout model.

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