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[絵本] 〔４〕 徳川戦争記

堤吉兵衛 編 · 1891 · 堤吉兵衛 · 8 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book, Tokudagawa war record volume 4, compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in 1891 in Japan for a general readership. The woodblock-style prints show armoured samurai in battle, mounted warriors under a full moon, and seated men drinking in a crowded room, with dense columns of Japanese text beside the images. A designer could take the bold black-and-white hatching, the patterned armour textures, and the compact panel layouts that mix image and vertical text.

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