[絵本] 〔２４〕佐野鹿十郎英雄伝上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) edited by Arakawa Kichigoro and published by him in 1882, presumably for general readers of popular fiction. Its woodblock-style pages show samurai and townspeople in dark kimono and hakama, with dense columns of kana text running beside the figures, offering a designer a bold, high-contrast model for mixing strong black silhouettes with calligraphic lettering.

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