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[絵本] 〔１〕 冬楓月夕栄 ２編

彩霞園柳香 編, 梅堂国政 画, 仮名垣魯文 閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 11 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1883 by Kinshōdō, with text compiled by Saika-en Ryūkō, illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa, and revised by Kanagaki Robun, aimed at general urban readers. Its woodblock-printed pages pair dense vertical Japanese text with small scenes of kimono-clad women, seated men in Western suits, a figure in a chair by a window, and a hat on the floor. A designer might draw on the mix of traditional dress and emerging Western fashion, the compact vignettes around text blocks, and the expressive line work of late Edo-style printmaking.

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