[絵本] 〔１〕籬の菊操鏡３編上

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 19 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) was published in 1880 by Seiseidō, with text compiled by Kyōbun Shabun (Watanabe Yoshimasa) and illustrations by Morikawa Chikashige for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show standing and seated figures in patterned kimono beside lattice screens and blocks of vertical Japanese text, offering a designer examples of dense text-image layout, pattern-filled garments, and bold black-line figure compositions.

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