[絵本] 〔１７〕信州川中島烈戦記下

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published in 1882, presenting battle scenes from the Kawanakajima campaigns of Shinano, probably for a general popular readership. Its pictures show samurai in combat on horseback and on foot, with dense vertical columns of text framing each scene; a designer might take the bold black-and-white line work, the swirling smoke and dust clouds, and the layout of text beside action.

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