[絵本] 〔２〕弥生之雪桜田実記

篠田仙果編, 方円舎清親画 · 1877 · 杉浦朝次郎 · 16 pictures

An 1877 Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Shinoda Senka and illustrated by Hōenshi Kiyochika, published by Sugiura Asajirō in Tokyo for a general reading public. Its woodblock-printed pages show samurai swordfights in action, with dense vertical kana text columns framing each scene and dynamic diagonal compositions of bodies, blades and snow that a designer could borrow for energetic, narrative layouts.

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