[絵本] 〔１〕鏡山錦〔モミジ〕葉上

武田交来 (勝次郎) 編, 梅堂国政画 · 1881 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 15 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1881 by Ōkura Magobei, compiled by Takeda Kōrai and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, for a general readership of kabuki and theatre fans. Its woodblock-style pages show kimono-clad figures in interiors and on a veranda, with dense columns of Japanese text beside them, offering designers a compact study in crowded type-and-image layouts and patterned textile motifs.

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