[絵本] 〔２３〕岩見重太郎一代記上

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1884 by Komori Sōjirō, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, telling the life story of the samurai Iwami Jūtarō in woodblock prints for a general readership. The pages pair bold black-and-white figure scenes with dense columns of Japanese text in the margins, with stylised swordsmen, rugged rocky landscapes and bamboo, and dynamic poses a designer could adapt for graphic action compositions and strong silhouettes.

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