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絵本慶安太平記

1889 · 駸々堂 · 9 pictures

An illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1889 by Shinshindō, a Japanese publisher, drawing on the Keian-era chronicle tradition for a general readership. Its woodblock-style pages show samurai in dramatic action against clouds, mist and rough ground, with figures in patterned kimono and a seated woman scattering papers. A designer might take the bold outline figures, stylised cloud shapes and hatched patterned robes as graphic motifs.

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