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[絵本] 〔２〕 ぶん福茶釜

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1878 · 児玉又七 · 14 pictures

An 1878 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Kodama Matashichi, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, telling the folktale of the Bunbuku chagama, a tea kettle that turns into a tanuki. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line drawings with Japanese text in columns, showing a monk beside a kettle on a brazier, a kneeling figure in patterned kimono, interiors with screens and snowy landscapes, and a tea table. A designer could take their dense linework, patterned textiles, and compact vertical panel 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