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国史略 : 絵本訓蒙 巻之13

堤正勝 訳, 重野安繹 校 · 1874 · 光啓社 · 5 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated history primer, the Kokushiryaku ehon kun'mō volume 13, compiled by Tsutsumi Masakatsu with annotation by Shigeno Yasutsugu and published by Kōkeisha in 1874 for readers learning national history. Its woodblock-style pictures show battles, mounted warriors and roadside scenes in black line with little shading, offering a designer clear, economical compositions of crowded action and stylised landscape.

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