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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1888 · 堤吉兵衛 · 4 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Tsutsumi Kichibei, illustrating the life of the samurai loyalist Kusunoki Masashige for a popular readership. The pictures are bold woodblock-style black and white prints with dense hatching, showing armoured warriors, palace courtyards with pillars and drapes, and a pine tree beside a wall. A designer could take strong graphic contrast, patterned armour textures, and the crest-marked hangings and flowing lines of the 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