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深谷亀太郎 編 · 1887 · 深谷亀太郎 · 6 pictures

An 1887 Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Fukatani Kametarō and published by him in Tokyo, aimed at general readers. Its pages show crowded samurai scenes in black-and-white woodcut with dense hand-lettered Japanese columns and seal-like roundels, a strong source for bold graphic blocking, heavy brush-like type, and dense pattern.

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