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[絵本] 〔7〕 和田合戦朝比奈一代記 上

永島辰五郎 編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 18 pictures

An 1882 Japanese ehon picture book, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō, retelling the Wada battle and the life of Asahina. The pictures are woodblock-style prints of armoured warriors in dynamic poses, with columns of Japanese text beside them, offering designers strong bold figure silhouettes, patterned armour and hand-lettered vertical text panels to draw on.

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