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坂田善吉 編 · 1879 · 坂田善吉 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Zenkichi Sakata and published by him in 1879, aimed at general readers and children. The pictures show a folk-tale sequence in woodblock-printed black-and-white with kana captions set beside the figures. A designer might take from them the bold silhouette of dark hair against white clothing, and the dense black ink masses set against open white ground.

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