[絵本] 〔７〕大石一代記初編上

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1885 by Ōnishi Shōnosuke, telling the life story of the samurai Ōishi in woodblock-printed pages with Japanese text. The four pictures show seated samurai in formal kimono, a retainer kneeling before a low table, and scenes of folded paper and documents, with dense vertical columns of kana and kanji. A designer might draw on the patterned kimono textures, the stylised line work, and the layout of text beside figures.

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