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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book published in 1887 by Sawa Kyujiro, an illustrated storybook of the kind printed for popular readers, here based on the Kagamiyama kokyo nishiki drama. The pictures show women in flowing kimono moving through interiors with shoji screens, sliding doors and low tables, with handwritten kana dialogue beside each figure. A designer might draw on the simple woodblock-style line work, the layout of text columns framing a single figure, and the patterned fabric folds of the robes.

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