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Illustrated books in Europe before the era of full-fledged picture books and illustrations in the representative picture magazines of pre-war Japan can be searched by title and artisit’s name.
Children’s Books: Transmission of Images
Database of Picture Book Illustrations.(1766-1919) Bewick, Cruickshank, Doyle, Tenniel, Doré, Upton, Caldecott, Greenaway, and other artists.
Kodomo no kuni magazine article search
Database of Picture Magazine Illustrations.(1922-1944) Takeo Takei, Shigeru Hatsuyama, Harue Koga, Koshiro Onchi, Yumeji Takehisa, Kiichi Okamoto, and other artists.
Yonen gaho magazine article search
Database of Picture Magazine Illustrations.(1906-1912) Sazanami Iwaya, Shuntei Miyagawa, Keishu Takeuchi, Kokukan Otake, Chikuha Otake, and other artists.
These contents introduce the process of the development of modern picture books from
their birth to the golden era of the early 20th century along with the various art trends which affected the
picture book culture.