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[絵本] 〔3〕 関ケ原東西軍記 中

竹柴金作 (琴作) 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1881 · 栄久堂 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) titled 関ケ原東西軍記 (Sekigahara Tozai Gunki), compiled by Takeshiba Kinsaku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published in 1881 by Eikyudo for a general popular readership. Its pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with bold woodblock-style figures in patterned kimono, samurai and court women, and a designer might take from them the strong black-and-white line work, dense textile patterning and vigorous text-image 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