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[絵本] 〔2〕 金花胡蝶幻 3編中

京文舎文京 (渡辺義方) 編, 守川周重 画 · 1880 · 青盛堂 · 16 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. The woodblock-printed pages show interior scenes of seated figures in kimono beside sliding screens and low tables, with calligraphic text columns running down the margins. A designer might draw on the economical black-line figure work, the patterned kimono textures, and the framing of narrow text panels beside the images.

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