[絵本] 〔６〕日蓮上人御一代記上

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 21 pictures

This is a Meiji-era (1881) Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Tsujioka Bunsuke, presumably for popular readers, telling the life story of the Buddhist priest Nichiren in woodblock-printed columns of text and images. The pictures show monks in robes and figures in dark garments set against rough, hatched ground and dense ink patterns, a bold graphic approach a designer could draw on for stark black-and-white layouts and vertical text panels.

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