[絵本] 〔４〕太閤記朝鮮軍記後編

永島福太郎編, 孟斎芳虎画 · 1880 · 堤吉兵衛 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1880, published by Tsutsumi Kichibei, with woodblock prints by Hōsai Yoshitora depicting Hideyoshi's Korean campaign battles. The pictures show mounted and armoured samurai, tiger-skin helmets, and dense vertical columns of Japanese text, offering a designer strong examples of bold black-line woodcut composition and sharp kanji-and-image layout.

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