[絵本] 〔２〕新編伊香保土産６編上

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

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) issued in 1880 by the publisher Matsunobodo, with text compiled by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, aimed at general popular readers. Its woodblock-printed pages pair dense columns of kana text with full-figure scenes of seated women and men in patterned kimono, set against lattice screens, flowering-cherry patterns and small landscape vignettes. A designer might take from them the crisp linework, the stylised floral and geometric kimono patterns, and the way text blocks are framed around figures.

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