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絵本太功記尼ケ崎の段

1910 · 竹中清助等 · 2 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book published in 1910, the Amagasaki scene from the Taiko kinuki play, with its text printed in bold brush-style Japanese calligraphy in vertical columns. The pages show dense black ink strokes with small furigana glosses beside the characters, so a designer could take inspiration from the bold, rhythmic vertical lettering and the strong black-on-white contrast.

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