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泉竜亭是正 著, 守川周重 画 · 1880 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 16 pictures

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 4 of the Sakura Sōgorō ichidai-ki, written by Izumi Ryūtei Zekisei and illustrated by Morikawa Chikashige, published in Tokyo by Arakawa Tōbei for a general reading public. The pages are woodblock prints with dense columns of kana text framing small scenes of seated men in patterned kimono, a figure with a pipe, a samurai-like figure at a doorway, and a man gesturing beside a bamboo-screened window. Designers could draw on the bold textile patterns, the lively gestures, and the interplay of printed text blocks with image panels.

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