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伊東専三 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1879 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

An 1879 Japanese ehon picture book published by Kinshōdō, edited by Itō Senzō and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, printed for popular readers. The woodblock-style pages pair figures with dense columns of vertical Japanese text running in the margins. Designers can take from them the strong black-and-white line work, patterned kimono textures, and the interplay of calligraphic text blocks beside figures in tight compositions.

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