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[絵本] 〔５〕 実録真田三代記

1890 · 井上市松 · 2 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published in 1890 by Inoue Ichimatsu, illustrating the Jitsuroku Sanada Sandaiki, a chronicle of the Sanada warrior family, most likely for a popular readership. The pictures are bold black-and-white line prints of armoured samurai on horseback in dynamic action, with dense hatched textiles, flowing manes and snowy ground, and the vertical columns of text beside them show how a designer might combine striking figure drawing with Japanese calligraphic layout.

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