[絵本] 〔１〕花咲ぢゞい

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1878 · 児玉又七 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1878, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Kodama Matashichi, likely for children. Its woodblock-style pictures show a folktale in bold black-and-white line, with kimono-clad figures, a cat, a basket and a tree, paired with columns of hiragana text; a designer might borrow its compact panel layouts, speech-bubble-like text blocks and high-contrast hatching.

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