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絵本太閤記 4編 巻2

岡田玉山 著・画 · 1886 · 三史堂[ほか] · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) of 1886, written and drawn by Okada Gyokuzan and published by Sanshido and others, retelling the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi for a general readership. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line drawings of samurai, palace halls, verandas, pine trees and ponds, with dense hatching and strong diagonal architecture that a designer could draw on for patterned linework, staging of figures in deep perspective, and compositions framed by roof edges and railings.

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