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川上謂一郎 (鼠辺) 編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

This is an 1880 Japanese ehon picture book published by Kinmatsudō, with text compiled by Kawakami Ichirō'ichirō (Soben) and illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa, likely for popular readers of woodblock-printed storytelling. The pages show seated and standing figures in patterned kimono in interiors and roadside settings, with dense columns of Japanese text running alongside. A designer could take the bold black-and-white hatching, the striped and checked textile patterns, and the tight integration of calligraphic text with figures.

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