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荒川藤兵衛 編 · 1891 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 6 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled Yoshitsune Kukō-ki, compiled by Arakawa Tōbei and published by him in 1891 for a general readership of Japanese popular print buyers. Its woodblock-style pages show samurai warriors on horseback, armoured fighters at sea and in storms, and battle scenes with ships, with Japanese text columns beside the images; a designer might take its dynamic diagonal compositions, dense black-and-white hatching for water and night, and bold armour patterns.

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