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牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 6 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book (volume 5, Tenichibō) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke with illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Kinjudō in 1888 for popular readers. The pictures are woodblock-style prints of kneeling samurai and courtiers in dark patterned kimono against cloud-patterned backgrounds, with framed text panels and a lantern-lit garden scene; a designer could take the bold black-and-white contrast, stylized cloud motifs, and compact panel layout.

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