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[絵本] 〔２６〕 徳川十五代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 3 pictures

An 1888 Japanese ehon picture book, Tokudaigawa-style Tokugawa shogun history, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Kinjudo in Japan for a general readership. The three woodblock-style pages show armoured and robed figures in interiors and on wave-patterned backdrops with vertical columns of Japanese text, offering a designer strong examples of bold patterned kimono, dense hatching, and framed panel layouts with 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