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[絵本] 〔１〕 鏡山錦〔モミジ〕葉 下

武田交来 (勝次郎) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1881 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 11 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), published in Tokyo in 1881 by Ōkura Magobei, was compiled by Takeda Kōrai and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa for general popular readers. Its woodblock-style pages show kabuki-like samurai scenes in robed costumes, with dense vertical Japanese text columns beside the figures, offering a designer strong examples of bold black line work, patterned kimono textures, and tightly framed action compositions.

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