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守川音次郎 編 · 1880 · 小森宗次郎 · 23 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Komori Sōjirō, compiled by Morikawa Otojirō, presenting the legend of the outlaw Goemon in woodblock-printed pages with running kana text. The full-page scenes show costumed fighters in patterned kimono, with vertical columns of text beside them, offering designers examples of dense pattern and text-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