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永島辰五郎 編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 18 pictures

An 1882 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 15 titled Agemaki Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugoro and published by Komori Sojiro, with woodblock-printed kabuki-style figures alongside dense columns of text. The pictures show costumed kabuki actors in dramatic poses, with bold black outlines, patterned robes, and text blocks framing each scene, useful for a designer seeking Meiji-era woodblock composition, figure-ground contrast, and dense typographic margins.

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