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[絵本] 〔3〕 成田利生角力仇討 下

永島辰五郎 編, 孟斎芳虎 画 · 1881 · 宮田孝助 · 20 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book (volume 3, 'Narita Risei Sumo Adauchi' part two) compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and illustrated by Hōsai Yoshitora, published by Miyata Kōsuke for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages show kabuki-like actors, samurai with swords, and sumo wrestlers in period dress, drawn in bold black line with dense textile patterns and printed text columns beside the figures.

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