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[絵本] 〔１０〕 西遊記

1890 · 井上市松 · 3 pictures

This is a late nineteenth-century Japanese picture book (ehon, volume 10) from 1890, published by Inoue Ichimatsu, illustrating the Journey to the West for a general readership. The woodblock-style prints show a robed figure with a long staff beside a dark cliff, a radiant sun-burst over bearded officials at a brazier, and a crowded combat scene under a hail of spears with a horned demon and a fleeing crowd. A designer might borrow the dense radiating line work, the bold black-and-white contrast, and the energetic layout of figures against patterned clouds.

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