[絵本] 〔１３〕徳川家康一代記上

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1881 by Tsujioka Bunsuke, recounting the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu for a general readership. Its pictures show armored samurai warriors in bold black-and-white woodcut line, with dense vertical kana text columns beside the figures, offering a designer strong examples of graphic compositions that combine image and calligraphic text.

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