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絵本甲越軍記

1883 · 春陽堂 · 77 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1883 by Shunyodo, illustrating a military chronicle of the Kai and Echigo warlords for a general readership. The woodblock-style prints show armoured samurai in combat, a mounted warrior, and townspeople gathered beneath a tree near a village, with a Japanese text column and a titled cartouche on each page. A designer might take the dynamic diagonal compositions, dense patterned armour, and the bold framing of a narrative panel with vertical text.

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