[絵本] 〔１〕恋相場花王夜嵐３編中

仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Kanagaki Robun, published in 1880 by Kinmatsudō, aimed at general urban readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock-style pages pair crowded columns of kana text with figures in kimono and hakama, showing indoor exchanges, a figure kneeling beside a lantern-lit screen, and a seated conversation on a veranda. A designer could draw on the tight interplay of calligraphic text blocks and sparse figure groupings, and the strong black linework on flat patterned garments.

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