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村井静馬 編 · 1876 · 小森宗次郎 · 14 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Murai Seiba and published in 1876 by Komori Sōjirō, with its text set in columns of kana beside full-length figures. The woodblock-style pictures show standing men in robes and kimono, some on cloud-shaped bases, with the text filling the upper and side areas; a designer might take from them the economy of a single figure against a plain ground and the rhythm of vertical kana columns.

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