[絵本] 〔１６〕松梅雪花三吉野下

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

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1881, published by Okura Magobei, edited by Takeda Kōrai and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa for a general readership of woodblock-print fans. Its pages show kabuki-style actors in patterned kimono in interior and garden scenes, with dense columns of Japanese text running beside the figures, offering a designer strong examples of period costume patterning and the layout of text beside image.

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