[絵本] 〔７〕中山誠忠録

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 松延堂 · 16 pictures

This is an 1885 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) volume 7 of the Chūshinroku, compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published by Shōyōdō, a woodblock-style picture book of historical narrative with columns of vertical Japanese text. Its pages show robed court and samurai figures in static, formal poses against patterned backgrounds, with designers able to draw on the bold black linework, dense text blocks and decorative kimono patterning.

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