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[絵本] 〔３〕 加賀見山尾上岩藤

1890 · 長谷川園吉 · 9 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) issued in 1890 by the publisher Hasegawa Sonokichi, printed in woodblock style for a general readership. Its pictures show elegantly dressed women in kimono posed in interiors with patterned screens, low tables and potted plants, drawn in fine black line with sparse flat colour. A designer might take the dense ornamental patterning of kimono and screens, and the economical use of outline and text panels.

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