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[絵本] 〔3〕 関ケ原東西軍記 上

竹柴金作 (琴作) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1881 · 栄久堂 · 15 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book, Sekigahara Tōzai Gunki volume 3 (upper), compiled by Takeshiba Kinsaku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Eikyūdō, aimed at general popular readers. Its woodblock prints show samurai in armour and courtly figures beside dense columns of Japanese text, with bold outlines and patterned kimono and armour that suit historical graphic motifs.

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