繪本渡邊一代記 3巻 [3]

南杣笑楚満人作, 勝春亭画 · 16 pictures

This is an illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) in three volumes, written by Nanson Shōmanjin and illustrated by Katsushun'tei, a Japanese publisher's studio of the period, aimed at general readers. The pictures are dense woodblock-style black-line scenes of armoured warriors in combat, with columns of vertical Japanese text running behind them; a designer might take the crowded, energetic composition and the layered patterned armour as a model for dynamic action layouts.

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