[絵本] 〔１〕滋賀県美談今常盤布施譚２編中

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 17 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book published by Shoyendo, compiled by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, presumably for general readers of popular illustrated fiction. Its woodblock-style pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with figures in patterned kimono, interiors, and domestic scenes. A designer could take from them the bold floral and geometric kimono patterns, the tight integration of calligraphic text blocks with image, and the compact, high-contrast black-and-white 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