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柳水亭種清 編 · 1882 · 小林鉄次郎 · 35 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1882 by Kobayashi Tetsujiro, compiled by Ryusuitei Tanekiyo, with a woodblock-style print on each page beside lines of kana text. The pictures show samurai-era chivalrous outlaws in striped kimono, a sword fight among trees, and gambling scenes on mats, and a designer could take from them the bold black-and-white striped pattern and dynamic figure poses of Japanese popular print.

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