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通俗絵本鹿児島軍記

1887 · 銀花堂 · 8 pictures

A Meiji-era woodblock picture book, published in 1887 by Ginkadō, on the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, made for a general popular readership. Its pictures are bold black-and-white block prints with dense hatching, showing uniformed soldiers beside samurai in traditional dress, and a designer might take strong figure-ground contrast, decorative ink textures, and the graphic economy of Japanese vernacular 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