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荒川吉五郎 編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 13 pictures

An 1882 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 12 of a series, compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published by him, retelling the Akō Ronin story of the forty-seven loyal retainers for a popular readership. The woodblock pages pair figures in layered kimono and armour with dense columns of vertical text, and a designer might take their bold black line work, patterned textiles, and tight composition of figures around low tables.

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