[絵本] 〔８〕賎ケ岳戦記上

永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō in 1882, illustrating the Shizugatake war chronicle with woodblock prints of armoured samurai. The pictures are black-and-white line woodcuts framed by columns of Japanese text, showing warriors in layered lamellar armour, galloping horses, and banners. A designer could draw on their dense hatching, bold outlines, and the interplay of printed calligraphy with figurative image.

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