[絵本] 〔１０〕上野鎮静記

坂田善吉編 · 1879 · 坂田善吉 · 22 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), compiled by Sakata Zenkichi and published in 1879, is a woodblock-printed account of the Ueno battle of 1868 for a popular readership. Its pages show samurai in combat with swords and spears amid smoke and willow trees, with dense calligraphic captions set in the margins; a designer might take its bold, high-contrast black line work, dynamic diagonal action poses, and the way cloud-like smoke shapes fill the composition.

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