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泉竜亭是正著, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 17 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book, Tenka Chaya Adauchi volume two, written by Izumiryu Koremasa and illustrated by Morikawa Chikashige, published in Japan by Arakawa Tōbei. Its woodblock-printed pages pair a dramatic scene with columns of calligraphic text set around the figures. A designer could take the bold black-and-white contrast, the hatched textile patterns on the robes, and the way the text columns frame the action.

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