"Picture and story book" - Eto Ohanashi no Hon

... Nakanishiya, which published "Nihonichi no Ebanashi" and five volumes of Kashima Naruaki's "Ohanashi" (1913), represents the publisher of high-quality picture books of the time. Next, Tomiyamabo, which published the Model Family Library in the mid-Taisho period, published three volumes of Kusuyama Masao's "E to Ohanashi no Hon" (Book of Pictures and Stories) (1925-26), whose artists owe their success to the pool of picture magazines that emerged in the mid-Taisho period. "Kodomo no Tomo" (Friend of Children) was published in 1914, "Kodomo no Kuni" (Children's Country) in 1921, and "Kodomo Asahi" (Children's Asahi) in 1923, and these books helped such artists as Okamoto Kiichi, Shimizu Yoshio, Takei Takeo, Kawakami Shiro, Hatsuyama Shigeru, Murayama Tomoyoshi, and Honda Shotaro to flourish. ...

*Some of the terminology used in the "Picture and Story Book" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この《日本一ノ画噺》や鹿島鳴秋の《オハナシ》5冊(1913)を出した中西屋がそのころの良質の絵本出版を代表する。　ついで大正中期に模範家庭文庫を出した冨山房で，楠山正雄の《画（え）とお話の本》3冊(1925‐26)を出したが，その画家たちは，大正中期に輩出した絵雑誌のプールに負っている。1914年に《子供之友》，21年に《コドモノクニ》，23年に《コドモアサヒ》が出て，岡本帰一，清水良雄，武井武雄，川上四郎，初山滋，村山知義，本田庄太郎たちがそれらによって活躍した。…

※「《画とお話の本》」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。

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