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[絵本] 〔3〕 川鵆天網船 2編

彩霞園柳香 編, 梅堂国政 画, 仮名垣魯文 閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1883 by Kinshōdō, edited by Saika-en Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and revised by Kanagaki Robun, aimed at general popular readers. The woodblock pages pair kana text columns with scenes of seated figures in kimono and interiors with shoji screens, with the black ink line and patterned fabrics offering a designer clear examples of Japanese graphic layout, dense text blocks, and textile pattern.

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