[絵本] 〔３〕木曽義仲記

森本順三郎著 · 1888 · 森本順三郎 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon), volume 3 of the Kiso Yoshinaka chronicle, published in 1888 by Morimoto Junzaburō for general readers. The pages pair blocky Japanese columns of text with bold black-line scenes of samurai in armour, court ladies in patterned robes, and mounted or marching warriors. A designer might take the strong contrast of solid black ink against white ground, the dense patterned armour and kimono textures, and the compact panel layouts with framed text boxes.

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