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[絵本] 〔３〕 実録菅原天神記

牧金之助 編 · 1891 · 金寿堂 · 5 pictures

This is a late nineteenth-century Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in Tokyo by Kinjudō in 1891, retelling the Sugawara Tenjin legend. The pages show kabuki-style actors in patterned checked kimono and fighting poses set against shrines, torii gates and cloud-patterned scenery, drawn in crisp black line with hatched ground. A designer could take the strong flat graphic contrast, the checkerboard and cloud motifs, and the framed panels with decorative borders.

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