[絵本] 〔２〕日本名将銘々伝１

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published in 1882, presenting legendary and historical warriors to a general readership. The pictures are bold black-line woodblock prints of armoured figures in full-length poses, with vertical columns of Japanese text beside them. A designer might take the dense patterned armour and kimono textures, and the strong figure silhouettes against blank paper.

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