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岩見英雄録 : 絵本復讐 6編2

乾坤亭東涯 著 · 1886 · 前川善兵衛等 · 7 pictures

This is a Meiji-era (1886) Japanese illustrated book, an ehon picture book of the revenge-story genre by the writer Kentei-tei Tōgai, printed in Tokyo by the publisher Maekawa Zenbei and aimed at popular readers. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line drawings of interiors with tatami floors, sliding screens and figures in kimono and samurai dress, with text columns in Japanese above. A designer could take from them the strong pattern of screens, floor-grid perspective and ink-line economy of late Edo-derived print design.

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