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大西庄之助 編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1885 by Onishi Shonosuke, one volume of a series retelling Judge Ooka's court cases, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock prints show armoured samurai, a seated figure in a hall, and a cloaked man in a wooded landscape, all framed by columns of kana text; a designer could take from them the bold black-and-white line work, dense patterned textiles, and the compositional tension of figures set against flat backgrounds.

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