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[絵本] 〔５〕 箱根霊験記

荒川藤兵衛 編 · 1891 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 6 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Tōbei and published in 1891, likely for general readers of popular fiction and theatre. Its woodblock-style prints show dramatic scenes of samurai, supernatural encounters and kabuki-like poses, with dense hatched backgrounds and caption cartouches. A designer could borrow the bold black-and-white contrast, the patterned kimono textures, and the framed panels with inset titles.

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