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絵本呉越軍談 3編 5

池田東籬 著, 柳川重信 画 · 1882 · 井上治兵衛 · 3 pictures

An 1882 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) written by Ikeda Tōri and illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu, published by Inoue Jihei, a woodblock-printed picture book from the Meiji period. Its double-page spreads show armoured warriors in dramatic combat, a tiger leaping near a seated figure beneath pines, and courtly and battle scenes drawn in bold black ink outlines with dense patterned clothing, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic linework and graphic pattern from late Edo-style Japanese print tradition.

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