[絵本] 〔１〕太閤記九州軍記１号

永島福太郎編, 孟斎芳虎画 · 1880 · 堤吉兵衛 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Tsutsumi Kichibei, with text compiled by Nagashima Fukutaro and illustrated by Hōsai Yoshitora, drawing on the Taiko-ki and Kyushu war chronicles for a popular readership. The woodblock-style pages show armoured samurai in battle and portrait poses, with dense columns of Japanese calligraphy running beside the figures, offering a designer strong models for bold figure silhouettes, armour pattern and calligraphic framing.

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