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[絵本] 〔８〕 川中島大合戦

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1889 · 堤吉兵衛 · 3 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1889 by Tsutsumi Kichibei, presenting the Battle of Kawanakajima in a set of plain black-and-white prints for a general popular readership. The pictures show armoured samurai charging through water and fighting in ranks, with a banner bearing a tomoe crest, a river bend, and a distant castle, so a designer can draw on their dense hatched textures, flowing water patterns, and bold ink silhouettes for historical or action graphics.

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