[絵本] 〔１３〕弁慶一代記下

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigorō, recounting the life of the warrior monk Benkei with Japanese text printed alongside the images. The pictures show armoured warriors in dynamic poses, with bold black-and-white line work and dense calligraphic columns that a designer could take as a model for strong figure-ground contrast and integrating text into illustration.

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