[絵本] 〔３〕川鵆天網船初編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

An 1883 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Kinshōdō, compiled by Saika-en Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and revised by Kana-garaki Robun, aimed at general readers of the Meiji period. Its woodblock-style pages show indoor and domestic scenes with figures in patterned kimono, sliding lattice windows, a paper lantern, and shelves of goods, with dense vertical Japanese text beside them. A designer might take the bold checked and geometric kimono patterns, the economical black-and-white line work, and the way text columns frame the figures.

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