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絵本太閤記 3編 巻12

岡田玉山 著・画 · 1879 · 大野市兵衛等 · 19 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from 1879, illustrated and written by Okada Gyokuzan and published by Ōno Ichibei and others. Its double-page prints show samurai battle scenes, camp tents and banners, and a castle set among trees and water. A designer could take its dense, flowing line work, the cloud-shaped borders and the stylised armour patterns as models for graphic compositions.

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