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[絵本] 〔６〕為朝一代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 6 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Kinjudo, edited by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, telling the life story of the warrior Tametomo for a general popular readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodcut-style scenes of armoured samurai, dancing or fighting figures in patterned robes, and a text column beside the figures; a designer might take the bold patterned textiles, hatched dark ground, and dramatic action poses as reference for graphic pattern and dynamic composition.

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