[絵本] 〔１０〕水戸黄門記

児玉又七編 · 1880 · 大橋堂 · 15 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled 水戸黄門記, compiled by Kodama Matashichi and published by Ōhashidō in 1880, printed as woodblock-style illustrations with dense kana text set beside the scenes. The pictures show a traveling samurai figure in patterned robes seated among tall reeds, a formal indoor audience with a seated lord, and a pavilion above rocky cliffs, drawn in bold black line with heavy hatching. A designer could take from them the strong silhouette of patterned kimono fabric, the dramatic use of ink-black masses against pale ground, and the integration of calligraphic text with image.

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