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[絵本] 〔１６〕 山崎大合戦

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 5 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled 山崎大合戦, compiled by 牧金之助 and illustrated by 梅堂国政, published in Tokyo by 金寿堂 in 1888 for popular readers. Its woodblock-style pages show samurai battle scenes with text columns running beside the figures, and a designer could take from them the dynamic diagonal composition of mounted warriors, the dense hatching of dark night skies, and the framing of prints alongside calligraphic captions.

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