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牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 1 picture

An 1888 Japanese picture book (ehon) titled Taikōki, volume 8, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published in Tokyo by Kinjudō for a popular readership. The single picture shows a samurai in armour standing in shallow water beside a pole on which a severed head is impaled, with a bundled figure at left; its bold black-and-white woodcut line and flat patterned armour suggest strong graphic contrast and a source for dramatic silhouette work.

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