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絵本忠臣蔵

為永春水 著 · 1894 · 駸々堂 · 19 pictures

An illustrated Japanese ehon picture book titled in Japanese, written by Tamenaga Shunsui and published in 1894 by Shinshindō, retelling the Chūshingura vendetta story for general readers. Its woodblock-style pages show interior scenes of samurai in tatami rooms with dense columns of kana text beside the figures, offering designers a model for integrating vertical typography with figurative compositions and flat, graphic line work.

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