Utagawa Yoshiume (歌川芳梅) (artist 1819 – 1879)
Volume 3 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa (Ōkawa Jinsei-roku - 大川仁政録)
ca 1840
6.1 in x 9.1 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ogawa (Ookawa Jinsei-roku). Third part, volumes 1-3. Yomihon illustrated in Osaka style. All three volumes have decorative covers with plum blossom patterns. Volume 1 title page, four double page and two single page black and light blue color prints to introduce characters and places. Volume 2 three double page illustrations. Volume 3 three double page illustrations.
Very nicely illustrated action story about treacheries involving House of Chiba and Izu-ya in Ookawa.
picture book (ehon - 絵本) (genre)
Historical - Social - Ephemera (genre)