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荒川藤兵衛 編 · 1891 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 5 pictures

An 1891 Japanese ehon picture book titled Kawanakajima Retsusenki, compiled by Arakawa Tōbei and published by him, illustrating the Battle of Kawanakajima in woodblock-style black-and-white prints. The pictures show armoured samurai in close combat along rivers and riverbanks, with flowing water, pine and willow trees, banners, and patterned borders; a designer could take bold silhouetted figures, dense hatching, and decorative frame motifs from them.

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