[絵本] 〔３〕陸奥白石咄し下

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigorō and published by him in 1882, printed as a woodblock-style series of framed scenes with kana captions. The pictures show samurai in patterned kimono confronting kneeling figures, with a seated official over paper documents and a tense exchange at a shrine-like setting, drawn in bold black outlines with sparse grey hatching and small areas of fine pattern on costumes that a designer could draw on for graphic line work and textile motifs.

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