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岡田玉山 著 · 1886 · 文事堂 · 50 pictures

An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) by Okada Gyokuzan, published by Bunjidō, presenting a popular biography of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi in woodblock-style line illustrations. The pictures show armoured warriors, seated figures in interiors, a woman in a patterned kimono and falling snow, with bold black outlines, scattered white flecks and framed Japanese captions that a designer could borrow for dense graphic pattern and vertical text panels.

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