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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 12 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book, volume six, compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him in 1887, illustrating the Asagao diary story with woodblock-style line drawings and kana text beside the figures. The pictures show kimono-clad women, a seated samurai with a sword, a bald man in a dim interior, and a folding fan on tatami, with clean outlines and sparse flat areas a designer could use for simple graphic line work and period costume references.

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