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沢久次郎編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 18 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), Part 2 of a Miyamoto life story, compiled by Sawa Hisajirō and published by Sawa Hisajirō in 1887 for popular readers. Its woodblock-printed pages show dynamic samurai and warrior scenes with dense vertical columns of text beside them. A designer might take from them the bold hatched patterns on robes, the compact figure-and-caption page layout, and the energetic gestural line of the fighting poses.

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