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辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 19 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) published in 1881 by Tsujioka Bunsuke, likely for a general reading public. Its pages show robed male figures in patterned kimono, most with long columns of Japanese text set beside them, a combination a designer might borrow for layouts pairing bold figures with vertical type. The stippled dot patterns on the garments and the rough, high-contrast line work offer textured period ornament.

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