[絵本] 〔２〕金花胡蝶幻初編上

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 15 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Seiseidō, with text compiled by Kyōbunsha Bunkyō (Watanabe Yoshimasa) and illustrations by Morikawa Chikashige, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-printed pages show indoor domestic scenes with figures in kimono seated on mats beside shoji windows, with dense vertical Japanese text running alongside the images. A designer might take its tight, hatched line work, the framing of interiors through screens and windows, and the calligraphic text columns as a model for graphic 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