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[絵本] 〔６〕 八幡太郎一代記

牧金之助 編 · 1891 · 金寿堂 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published by Kinjudō in 1891, a woodblock-printed story of the warrior Hachiman Tarō's life. The first picture shows a large fish with scales and fins on a woven basket beside a tree, while the second shows a crowded battle scene with banners, rows of armoured figures and vertical columns of calligraphy. A designer might take from them the bold black-and-white contrast of dense hatching against open space, and the strong diagonal banners that structure the composition.

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