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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 6 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book published by Kinmatsudō, compiled by Kanagaki Robun under the pen name Byōbyō Dōjin, illustrating a tale of the murderess Takahashi Oden for a popular readership. The woodblock-style line drawings show figures in patterned kimono in domestic interiors, with vertical columns of calligraphy and dense textile patterning a designer could draw on for pattern and 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