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[絵本] 〔２〕 山中鹿之助一代記

1890 · 綱島亀吉 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1890 by Tsunashima Kamekichi, apparently for a general readership, telling the life story of the samurai Yamanaka Shikanosuke. The single picture shows a frontispiece-style pine tree with a tall inscribed stone panel carved with Japanese characters, drawn in fine, sketchy ink lines with light shading. A designer might take from it the open, airy use of line, the way the pine canopy frames a text panel, and the mix of calligraphic lettering with pictorial ink drawing.

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