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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 13 pictures

An 1887 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon, volume 5) published by Sawa Kyūjirō, retelling the life of the Buddhist priest Nichiren for a general readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints with dense vertical Japanese text columns framing the scenes; a designer might take the bold figure silhouettes, dramatic ink-black night settings and the compact text-and-image panel layout.

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