[絵本] 〔１〕雪月花三遊新話２編下

篠田仙果編, 生田芳春画 · 1879 · 山村金三郎 · 18 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1879, compiled by Shinoda Senka and illustrated by Ikuta Yoshiharu, published by Yamamura Kinzaburo in Tokyo for a general reading public. The woodblock-printed pages pair kimono-clad male and female figures with dense columns of kana text, with the pictures showing standing and seated samurai-style men, a woman in patterned kimono, and interior screens and garden views. A designer might take from them the bold calligraphic line, the striped and patterned textile designs, and the way text and image share a single page.

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