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増田福太郎著 · 1888 · 増田福太郎 · 15 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from 1888, published by Masuda Fukutaro, retelling the Soga Monogatari for a general readership. Its pictures are black-and-white block-print scenes of armoured warriors in combat, with columns of Japanese text beside the figures. A designer might take from them the dynamic poses, bold linework and flat black masses of traditional Japanese print, with the calligraphic text panels as framing devices.

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