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沢久治郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 13 pictures

A late nineteenth-century Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published in 1887, illustrating the Chūshingura tale of the forty-seven loyal retainers. The pages show standing and kneeling figures in period robes, with handwritten kana captions set in the margins. A designer could draw on the simple woodblock-style outlines, the bold dark kimono patterns and the pale unshaded robes, along with the captions as graphic texture.

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