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絵本西遊記全伝 3編

口木山人, 岳亭丘山 訳 · 1883 · 法木書屋 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1883, the third volume of an illustrated Journey to the West adaptation, written by Kōboku Sanjin and translated by Gakutei Kyūzan and published by Hōgi Shoten. The woodblock-style line drawings show monkey-king episodes with dramatic action, and a designer can take from them the bold ink silhouettes, swirling clouds, rocky shorelines and energetic poses of fantasy battle scenes.

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