[絵本] 〔１１〕石川五右衛門一代記上

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era (1881) Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published by him, presenting the life story of the legendary outlaw Ishikawa Goemon in woodblock-printed pages with dense columns of kana text. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock scenes with bold dark outlines, flat patterned interiors and sparse hatching, showing a designer simple figure silhouettes, patterned screens and bold graphic panels with text blocks integrated into the composition.

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