[絵本] 〔２〕新編伊香保土産７編下

松林伯円編, 梅堂国政画 · 1880 · 松延堂 · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Shōendō, compiled by Matsubayashi Hakuen and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. Its black-and-white woodblock pages pair a framed scene with dense columns of Japanese text running above and beside the figures. Designers may take from them the tight interplay of calligraphic columns and bold, simple figure outlines, with patterned kimono textiles and dynamic action poses.

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