[絵本] 〔２〕釣天井宇都宮奇談２編

永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 15 pictures

This Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1882, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō, illustrates a popular narrative of the Utsunomiya trap-ceiling story for a general reading public. Its woodblock pages pair dense columns of vertical Japanese text with energetic figure groups, showing a designer strong diagonal compositions, crowded action scenes, and patterned kimono textures that can be used for graphic borrowing.

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