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永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō in 1882, a woodblock-printed illustrated account of military exploits, likely aimed at general popular readers. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints of armoured samurai warriors on horseback and on foot, framed by columns of vertical Japanese text, offering designers strong bold figure silhouettes, dense hatched armour patterns, and dramatic action poses.

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