[絵本] 〔２〕日本名将銘々伝５

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) of woodblock-printed portraits of famous warriors, compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published in 1882. Each page pairs a seated samurai figure in armour or court dress with a column of vertical Japanese text naming him and his biography. A designer could take the bold black-line woodcut style, the dense calligraphic text blocks beside the figures, and the layered armour patterns.

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