[絵本] 〔３〕陸奥白石咄し上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigorō and published by him in 1882, a volume of the Mutsu Shiroishi tales. The pages show samurai in layered robes and kimono-clad women in interiors, with dense columns of kana text beside the figures. A designer could take from them the stark black-and-white linework, patterned textile surfaces, and tightly packed text-and-image layouts typical of late Edo-period print.

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