[絵本] 〔１７〕曽我物語

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

An 1880 Japanese ehon picture book of the Soga monogatari, the Soga brothers' revenge epic, published by Tsutsumi Kichibei with illustrations by Hōsai Yoshitora and text compiled by Nagashima Fukutarō, made for popular readers in Japan. The woodblock pages mix dynamic armoured combat with columns of vertical Japanese text, offering designers strong models for compositional energy, patterned armour and calligraphic 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