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深谷亀太郎編 · 1887 · 深谷亀太郎 · 14 pictures

This Japanese picture book (ehon) was compiled by Fukaya Kametarō and published by him in April 1887 (Meiji 20), most likely for a general readership of popular print buyers. Its woodblock-style illustrations show crowded groups of armoured warriors with rounded crest emblems on their chests and backs, set among dense black-and-white patterning, tiled floors and wooden architecture; a designer might take from them the strong graphic contrast of bold black masses against fine linework and the energetic, tightly packed compositions.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

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