[絵本] 〔２〕菊重延命嚢４編中

久保田彦作編, 梅堂国政画 · 1879 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 16 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), issued in 1879 by the Osaka publisher Okura Magobei, was compiled by Kubota Hikosaku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa for a general readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show women in patterned kimono seated or standing in interiors, with blocks of Japanese text running beside and around the figures. A designer might take from them the dense interplay of printed text and figure, the bold striped and geometric kimono patterns, and the compact vertical page layouts.

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