[絵本] 宮本一代記

沢久治郎編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 11 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published by Sawa Kyūjirō in 1887, presents a woodblock-printed life story of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in rough, dense black-and-white figures with handwritten Japanese captions. The pictures show lone figures in action or repose: a samurai with a raised sword, a seated man beside a candle, and a crouching warrior with a staff. A designer could draw on their bold outline, heavy ink shadow, and vertical kana captions set beside the figures.

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