In the broad sense, it refers to a book that is mainly composed of pictures or that is composed only of pictures, but this definition includes everything from old colored manuscripts to ukiyo-e books and new art books. In the UK and the US, the term picture book is merely a common usage, and the actual definition is illustrated book, which strictly means a book in which the illustrations express a unified theme. *Some of the terminology that refers to "illustrated books" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…広義には絵を中心とした本,あるいは絵ばかりの本を指すが,こういう定義には,古い彩色絵入りの写本類から浮世絵本,新しい画集もひとしく含まれてしまう。英米ではピクチャー・ブックの語は慣用にすぎず,性格的にはイラストレーテッド・ブックと規定されており,厳密には,挿絵によって絵が主題を統一的に表現する構成をもった本を意味している。 ※「イラストレーテッド・ブック」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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