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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1888 · 堤吉兵衛 · 6 pictures

An 1888 Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published by him, illustrating the Edo-period love story of Umegawa and Chubei, a courier. The pages are woodcut-style black-and-white prints with calligraphic text panels beside the figures. Designers may take from them the strong black-and-white contrast, the patterned screens and kimono stripes, and the compact, sequential panel layout of Meiji-era storytelling.

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