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森本順三郎 著 · 1888 · 森本順三郎 · 10 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1888, volume four of a series on the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, published by Morimoto Junsaburō. The woodblock-style pages show armoured warriors and fleeing figures in dense action scenes, with handwritten-style Japanese captions set in the margins. A designer could take their bold black ink silhouettes, tight panel framing, and energetic poses as a model for dynamic, high-contrast narrative layouts.

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