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絵本神稲水滸伝

和田篤太郎 編 · 1886 · 春陽堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Wada Tokutaro and published by Shunyodo in 1886, illustrating a Japanese adventure tale for a general reading public. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line illustrations of samurai and warriors in kimono, with bold inked outlines, patterned textiles, and dramatic staged poses. A designer might take the strong figure silhouettes, dense patterned kimono textures, and high-contrast ink linework for bold graphic compositions.

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