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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1888 · 堤吉兵衛 · 3 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in 1888, its title meaning 'The Conquest of Korea', with pictures in a woodblock-print style. The three images show armoured warriors in battle at sea and on a headland, with banners, ships and calligraphic cartouches. A designer might take from them the bold black-and-white hatching, dense patterned surfaces and strong figure silhouettes typical of Japanese graphic illustration of this period.

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