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[絵本] 〔２〕 為朝一代記

竹内栄久 編 · 1885 · 島鮮堂 · 4 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) volume two of the Tametomo chronicle, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and published in 1885 by Shimasendo, illustrated with woodblock-style black-and-white prints for a popular readership. The four pictures show a warrior in patterned robes, a fight among dark rocks with a sea serpent-like creature, two figures on a veranda, and a swimmer among waves beside a sailing ship, with calligraphic text beside each scene; a designer might take the bold hatched textures, dense ink line work and framed text columns as models for patterned or 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