[絵本] 〔９〕忠臣蔵

中村浅吉編 · 1889 · 中村浅吉 · 17 pictures

An 1889 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon, volume 9 of a set) compiled and published by Nakamura Asakichi, retelling the Chūshingura vendetta tale of the forty-seven ronin for a general readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show samurai in combat and in tense confrontation, drawn with bold black hatched patterns on kimono and hakama and crowded Japanese text set beside the figures. A designer might take the high-contrast black patterning, the dynamic diagonal poses, and the integration of vertical calligraphy with image.

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