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牧金之助 編 · 1890 · 牧金之助 · 7 pictures

An 1890 Japanese ehon picture book in woodblock-style prints, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke, telling the stories of the forty-seven loyal retainers of Ako in individual portraits. The pictures pair dramatic samurai figures in tense action with patterned floors, snowy bridges and calligraphic text panels, offering designers a model for layered panel layouts that mix figure scenes with dense typography.

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