[絵本] 〔４〕冬楓月夕栄初編

彩霞園柳香編, 梅堂国政画, 仮名垣魯文閲 · 1883 · 金松堂 · 18 pictures

An 1883 Japanese ehon picture book published by Kinmatsudo, compiled by Saika-en Ryūkō, illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa and reviewed by Kanagaki Robun, made for popular readers in Tokyo. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints of samurai and townspeople in interiors and outdoors, with dense vertical Japanese text panels beside the figures. A designer might take from them the bold hatched patterning of kimono, the strong calligraphic text blocks framing scenes, and the compact pictorial 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