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[絵本] 〔１０〕 源平一の谷軍記

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 14 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 10 titled Genpei Ichinotani Gunki, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Komori Sōjirō in Tokyo for a popular readership of illustrated war tales. The woodblock prints show samurai in armour in battle and on horseback, with dense columns of Japanese text set beside the figures, giving a designer strong examples of dynamic action composition, layered armour pattern, and text-image layout from the late Meiji period.

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