[絵本] 〔１〕水錦隅田曙初編中

伊東専三編, 梅堂国政画 · 1879 · 金松堂 · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1879 by Kinshōdō, with text compiled by Itō Senzō and pictures by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its pages are woodblock-style prints in which a dense column of kana-and-kanji text runs beside figures in patterned kimono, and a designer might take from them the bold graphic interplay of dark textile patterns, lattice screens and calligraphic type.

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