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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1887 by Sawa Kyujiro, a woodblock-style print book of the Sanada family saga, with the illustrations set in panels among columns of Japanese text. The woodcut-like pictures show armoured samurai on horseback, banners, and fortified castle walls, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic line work, dense text-and-image layouts, and traditional Japanese historical warrior imagery.

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