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[絵本] 〔１３〕 彦山霊化夢孝女仇討 下

永島福太郎 編, 孟斎芳虎 画 · 1880 · 堤吉兵衛 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1880 by Tsutsumi Kichibei, with text compiled by Nagashima Fukutarō and pictures by Hōsai Yoshitora, telling a revenge story for popular readers. The woodblock-style pages show samurai in combat and in formal seated poses, framed by dense columns of Japanese text, and a designer might take from them the energetic line work of swordplay, the patterned kimono textures, and the strong black-and-white contrast of block-printed text panels.

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