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[絵本] 〔１０〕 朝比奈英雄伝

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1889 · 堤吉兵衛 · 9 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in 1889, presenting the heroic tales of the warrior Asahina in numbered volumes for a popular readership. The pages pair dense Japanese columns of text with bold black-line images of armoured samurai in combat and on horseback. A designer could draw on the strong graphic contrast, the armour patterning and the dynamic poses of the fighters.

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