[絵本] 〔１〕金竜山浅草寺聖観世音略縁起中

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1883 · 関根孝助 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated pamphlet from 1883, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Sekine Kōsuke, recounting the origins of the Asakusa Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo for pilgrims and general readers. Its woodblock-printed pages mix small figures and landscapes with dense columns of vertical Japanese text, showing a clear split between scenic panels and labelled scenes that a designer could take as a model for compact layouts that pair image and caption.

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