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松井栄吉 編 · 1881 · 松井栄吉 · 12 pictures

A Meiji-period Japanese picture book (ehon), published in 1881 by Matsui Eikichi, who also edited it, and aimed at general readers who enjoyed illustrated popular storytelling. Its pictures are simple black-and-white woodblock-style line drawings with columns of Japanese text above, showing figures in kimono in domestic and dramatic scenes, a useful reference for flat, outlined figure drawing and the calligraphic framing of text.

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