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京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重 画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 14 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1880 by Seiseidō, with text by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshimasa) and pictures by Morikawa Chikashige, aimed at general readers. The woodblock-style pages pair dense columns of kana text with scenes of women and men in interiors, gardens, and tea settings, showing how figures, patterned kimono, and text blocks can be arranged on a page to suggest narrative sequence.

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