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絵本豊臣勲功記 第8編 巻之2

桜沢堂山 編, 松川半山 画 · 1884 · 群玉堂[ほか] · 5 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1884, published by Gyokudōdō and others, with woodblock-style prints by Matsukawa Hanzan from a text by Sakurazawa Dōzan. The pictures show samurai in armour and formal robes fighting on wooden veranda floors, a castle compound with tiled roofs and pines under a moon, and a kneeling warrior beside cherry blossoms with calligraphic text, offering a designer dense black-line ink compositions, strong diagonals, and patterned crests and textiles.

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