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絵本太閤記 4編 巻7

岡田玉山 著・画 · 1886 · 三史堂[ほか] · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era printed Japanese picture book (ehon) of 1886, volume 7 of the fourth part of the Ehon Taikoki, a woodblock-style illustrated retelling of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life, drawn and written by Okada Gyokuzan and published in Tokyo by Sanshido. Its pages show samurai in interiors and courtyards, with pine trees, tiled roofs, and rows of tiled fences. A designer might take its tidy black line work, flat open compositions, and bold use of framed panels with calligraphic captions.

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