[絵本] 〔２４〕助六由縁江戸桜下

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era (1884) Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Komori Sōjirō, retelling the kabuki play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura for a popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages set small columns of Japanese text around full-page figure scenes of kabuki actors in patterned kimono and flowing robes. A designer might take from them the dense interplay of vertical calligraphy with bold black-and-white figure drawing, and the striped, checked and crested textile patterns.

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