[絵本] 〔５〕弥生雪桜田新聞２号

永島福太郎編, 孟斎芳虎画 · 1880 · 堤吉兵衛 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book issued in 1880 by publisher Tsutsumi Kichibei, with text edited by Nagashima Fukutaro and illustrations by Gessai Yoshitora, aimed at a general readership of popular news and fiction. Its woodblock-style pages pair dense columns of kana and kanji with bold scenes of samurai figures in kimono and hakama, sword fights, and crowded action, offering designers strong black-and-white figure compositions, dynamic diagonal movement, and hand-cut graphic line 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