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[絵本] 〔６〕 大江山酒呑童子

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1889 · 堤吉兵衛 · 14 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon), compiled and published by Tsutsumi Kichibei in Tokyo in 1889, probably for a general readership of popular storytelling. The pictures show dark, heavily inked scenes from the Oeyama Shuten-doji legend, with text columns set beside figures in armour, robes and demon guises, offering a designer strong black-and-white figure compositions and dramatic contrast.

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