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絵本武智帒 4巻

十返舎一九 作, 渓斎英泉 画 · 1833 · 和泉屋市兵衛 · 27 pictures

An 1833 Japanese ehon picture book in four volumes, written by Jippensha Ikku and illustrated by Keisai Eisen, published by Izumiya Ichibee in Edo for popular readers. Its pages show armoured warriors in dynamic poses, with hand-written kana captions and framing text set around them, offering a model for bold figure composition, layered armour patterns and calligraphic annotation.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library