[絵本] 〔２〕鼠〔ベラシ〕甲子真聞２編

泉竜亭是正編, 桜斎房種画 · 1880 · 延寿堂 · 21 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book, volume 2 of a set titled 甲子真聞 (Kashi Shinbun), compiled by Senryūtei Korehiro and illustrated by Ōsai Fusatane, published by Enjudō in 1880 in Japan for a general reading audience. Its woodblock pages pair kanji-and-kana text columns with framed scenes of women in patterned kimono, a seated figure beside a tea set, and a solitary man on a path under pine branches. A designer could take the dense calligraphic text blocks, the patterned kimono motifs of overlapping circles and lattice, and the simple spatial framing of figures against pale grounds.

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