Inside Out Library · Explore

[絵本] 〔２４〕 楠公一代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) of 1886, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Maki Kinnosuke for a general readership. The pages pair woodblock-style figure scenes with columns of vertical Japanese text, the first a bold abstract fan-like panel of calligraphic strokes and a bird, the second a samurai in armour with a banner and a severed head.

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