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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 13 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published by him in 1887, showing woodblock-style scenes with printed kana captions for a general readership. The pictures show seated and standing figures in kimono in interiors with sliding screens, patterned floors and fans, drawn in bold black outlines with sparse shading. A designer could take their economical line work, strong silhouettes and patterned textile and floor motifs as models for graphic simplicity.

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