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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1888 · 堤吉兵衛 · 3 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in 1888, its woodblock-style pages show scenes from the Chushingura samurai legend. The pictures are bold black-and-white compositions with heavy inked silhouettes, sharp diagonals, and patterned kimono textures, offering designers strong graphic contrast and a model for dramatic figure staging in narrow panel frames.

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