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堤吉兵衛 編 · 1891 · 堤吉兵衛 · 4 pictures

This Japanese picture book (ehon) volume 10 of Meiji Taiheiki was compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published in Japan in 1891, aimed at a general reading public. Its woodblock-style illustrations show interior scenes of seated officials in Western-style uniforms and plumed helmets beneath large chrysanthemum-crest screens, a mounted soldier amid smoke and crowds, and armed men outside a wooden gate. A designer might take the crisp hatched black-and-white linework, dense patterned textures, and the mix of Japanese interiors with Western military dress.

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