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松林伯円 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 14 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shoentō, compiled by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular storytelling. Its woodblock-style pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with figures in kimono, showing a man in a rain cape, a wheeled rickshaw, a brawl between several men, and a seated figure in patterned robes. A designer could draw on the compact figure poses, the crowded text-and-image layout, and the bold hatched patterning of fabrics.

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