[絵本] 〔７〕加賀見山古郷錦上

山村清助編 · 1885 · 堤吉兵衛 · 21 pictures

This Japanese ehon picture book, compiled by Yamamura Seisuke and published by Tsutsumi Kichibei in 1885, is a woodblock-printed volume of illustrated narrative with columns of kana text running beside the scenes. Its pictures show elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono indoors and in gardens, drawn in fine black outline with dense striped and floral textile patterns, and a designer could take from them the rhythm of text and image, decorative kimono pattern, and the flat graphic line of Meiji-era woodblock prints.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

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