[絵本] 〔２５〕田宮坊太郎一代記上

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 21 pictures

An 1885 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published by him, presumably for a general popular readership, telling the life story of the swordsman Tamiya Bōtarō in woodblock-style prints with columns of text. The pictures are bold black-line sword-fight scenes with patterned kimono and hakama, and a designer might take their strong graphic contrast and dynamic, cropped compositions as a model for action layouts.

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