[絵本] 〔１〕沢村田之助曙草紙４編中

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

This is an 1882 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Tōsendō, compiled by Okamoto Kisen with Yoshikawa Shuntō as reviser, a Meiji-era fiction volume for general readers. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints with dense vertical columns of kana text beside figures in striped and checked kimono, shown in domestic interiors with sliding doors and low tables. A designer might take the loose, energetic linework, the rhythm of text columns framing figures, and the high-contrast hatched patterning of textiles.

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