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[絵本] 〔2〕 碁太平記白石噺

武田交来 (勝次郎) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1881 · 大倉孫兵衛 · 17 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book (volume 2 of 碁太平記白石噺) compiled by Takeda Kōrai and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Ōkura Magobei in Japan for a general readership. Its woodblock-printed pages pair dense vertical kana text with bold figures in patterned kimono, showing how strong black outlines, decorative textile motifs and text-and-image layout can translate into graphic pattern work.

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