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絵本曽我物語 4,5

一咲居士 編, 法橋中和 画 · 1883 · 東京金玉出版社 · 20 pictures

This Japanese ehon picture book, volumes 4 and 5 of the Soga monogatari, was compiled by Isshō Koji and illustrated by Hokkyō Chūwa, published in Tokyo in 1883 for a general reading audience. Its double-page woodblock prints show courtly interiors with figures on verandas, garden scenes with pines and rocks, and dramatic night attacks on buildings with flying debris, offering designers strong examples of dynamic composition, dense linework, and traditional Japanese architectural framing.

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