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[絵本] 〔３〕 侠勇四ツ車一代記 上

永島辰五郎 編 · 1881 · 長谷川忠兵衛 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1881 by Hasegawa Chubei, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugoro, aimed at general readers of popular adventure tales. Its woodblock-style pages show wrestling and struggle scenes of a heroic strongman, with kana text columns running beside the figures. A designer might take the bold black silhouettes, dynamic twisting poses, and vertical text panels as a strong model for graphic composition.

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