[絵本] 〔１〕沢村田之助曙草紙２編中

岡本起泉 (勘造) 編, 芳川春濤閲 · 1882 · 島鮮堂 · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Tōsendō, compiled by Okamoto Kisen with revision by Yoshikawa Shuntō, presenting a serialized popular fiction about the actor Sawamura Tanosuke for a general reading public. The woodblock-style prints show elegant women in patterned kimono in domestic and rainy outdoor settings, framed by dense columns of vertical Japanese text that a designer could borrow for layout, pattern, and textile motifs.

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