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辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1881 by Tsujioka Bunsuke, the second volume of a biography of the warlord Kato Kiyomasa, printed for a general reading public. Its woodblock prints show armoured samurai in battle, with columns of kana text running beside them; a designer might take the bold black-and-white hatching, dense armour patterning, and dramatic diagonal compositions for graphic energy.

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