11.24.2025

miniature book: “Children’s Games”

A circular book featuring “Children’s Games” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The cover shows an image of trees from the painting. Next to the book is a small cut-out figure in a blue cape from the same painting, placed alongside a matchstick for scale.
“Children’s Games/ 子供の遊戯"
by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder/ ピーテル・ブリューゲル
φ4.4cm,  4.4cm x 4.5cm, 24pp

A tweezers holding the book open to show the inside pages. The pages feature cut-out details from Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Children’s Games.”

A tweezers holding the book open to show the inside pages. The pages feature cut-out details from Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “Children’s Games.”

 

at No comments:
Labels:

11.10.2025

miniature book: “All’s Well on the Lap”

A miniature book with a colorful striped Chiyogami paper cover, wrapped with a wide band featuring a Japanese woodblock print of cats playing "shamisen" as a band. A matchstick is placed below the book for scale.

『めでたし膝の上（All's Well on the Lap）』
4.5cm x 4.3cm, Accordion book, 20pp

Inside pages of the miniature book. The open accordion-style book displays colorful images of cats from the board game.

画像は「膝の上の猫の双六」歌川芳藤、都立図書館アーカイブ（LINK）
Images are from a woodblock print of a cat-themed board game (sugoroku) from the Edo era by Yoshifuji Utagawa.


Inside pages of the miniature book. The open accordion-style book displays colorful images of cats from the board game.

at No comments:
Labels:

11.03.2025

miniature book: "St. Labre"

 

A miniature book with a cream-colored paper cover featuring a botanical pattern, wrapped in glassine paper. At the bottom corner, a small figure is visible. Below the book, there is a small metal hand figurine and a matchstick for scale.
"St. Labre"
5.0cm x 3.3cm, Sofcover, 14pp

Images are from the woodblock prints of "Vie de Benoît Joseph Labre, mort à Rome" by by Pierre-Fiacre Perdoux, published in 1784 (more information about the print found here).

Inside pages of the miniature book. Images from the colorful woodblock prints depicting scenes from the life of Benoît Joseph Labre (St. Benedict Joseph Labre).

Inside pages of the miniature book. Images from the colorful woodblock prints depicting scenes from the life of Benoît Joseph Labre (St. Benedict Joseph Labre).

at No comments:
Labels:
Subscribe to: Comments (Atom)