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[絵本] 〔3-1〕二十四孝

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 5 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa in 1886, published by Maki Kinnosuke, retelling the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars for popular readers. The woodblock-printed pages pair bold black-ink figures and landscapes with dense columns of Japanese text, offering a designer strong graphic silhouettes, patterned robes, and vertical text-and-image layouts.

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