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辻岡文助 編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published in 1881, likely for a general readership of popular fiction. Its pictures show robed women and figures in patterned kimono beside lattice screens and interiors, with text columns set into the scenes. A designer might draw on the dense, all-over kimono patterns, bold black-and-white contrast, and the way vertical text fills the picture plane.

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