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沢久次郎 編 · 1894 · 沢久次郎 · 2 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Hisajirō and published by him in 1894, apparently for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style prints show armoured samurai in snowy pine landscapes and tigers beside a river with bamboo and kanji captions. The pictures offer a designer dense black-and-white hatching, bold contrast between patterned armour and open snow, and strong diagonal composition.

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