[絵本] 〔２〕日本怪力伝下

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 21 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 2 of a set on Japanese strongmen, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Komori Sōjirō in Japan for a general readership. The woodblock prints show armoured warriors and heroic women in dynamic action beside columns of vertical Japanese text, offering a designer dense patterned armour, bold ink silhouettes, and the energetic interplay of image and calligraphy.

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