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山村清助編 · 1885 · 堤吉兵衛 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era (1885) Japanese picture book (ehon) volume, the second part of the Oguri Hangan legend, compiled by Yamamura Seisuke and published by Tsutsumi Kichibei. Its woodblock-printed pages pair full-length figures with columns of vertical kana text, and the four pictures show samurai, a kneeling retainer, a woman in a patterned kimono, and a figure in a forest. A designer might take from them the bold outlined figure style, the dense calligraphic text columns as texture, and the contrast of black ink against open white space.

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