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[絵本] 〔２２〕 八幡太郎一代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 4 pictures

An 1888 Japanese ehon picture book, the Hachiman Tarō Itchōki, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Kinjudō for general readers in Meiji Japan. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of samurai in armour, a galloping horse, a battle scene with banners, and a hillside shrine-like building with explanatory kana text, offering a designer bold linework, patterned armour textures, and dense calligraphic panels.

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