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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 11 pictures

This is a Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1887 by Sawa Kyujiro, a Tokyo publisher, compiled as a volume of the Keian Taiheiki Shōsetsu Ichidai-ki story of Masamune Yui. Its woodblock-style pages pair black-and-white figure scenes with dense columns of vertical Japanese text. A designer might take the bold, loose line work, the dynamic action poses of swordsmen and fighters, and the strong contrast between open figure space and tightly packed calligraphic columns as a layout model.

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