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[絵本] 〔20〕 太閤記小牧山合戦 上

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon), compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published in 1884 by Komori Sōjirō for a popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages show mounted samurai in armour charging across the page with running horses, flowing manes and tails, and dense columns of Japanese text beside them, giving a designer bold, dynamic horse-and-rider silhouettes and strong black ink contrast.

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