[絵本] 〔１〕夜嵐阿衣花廼仇夢４編上

岡本起泉編 · 1882 · 金松堂 · 16 pictures

This is an 1882 Japanese illustrated novel (ehon) in its fourth volume, compiled by Okamoto Kisen and published by Kinmatsudō, aimed at a general reading public. Its pages pair dense columns of kana and kanji text with woodblock-style figure scenes of kimono-clad men and women in interiors, gardens and at a riverside. A designer could take its tight interplay of text blocks and patterned kimono textiles, with bold black-and-white contrast and dense hatched and checkered fabric 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