[絵本] 〔１９〕国定忠治実伝初編上

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 19 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published in 1885, illustrating the life of the outlaw Kunisada Chūji for a popular readership. Its pages pair bold black-line figure scenes of samurai and townsfolk with dense columns of Japanese text, and a designer could take from them the strong contrast of solid ink silhouettes against open white ground, the patterned kimono textures, and the vertical text panels as a layout model.

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