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絵本朝比奈巡嶋記

山本常次郎 編 · 1887 · 隆湊堂 · 9 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) compiled by Yamamoto Tsunejirō and published in 1887 by Ryūsōdō, with the full-page scenes paired across double spreads and captioned in columns of text. The pictures show samurai in dynamic combat, a figure wrestling on the ground, and a woman in a dark kimono standing before an interior with seated men, drawn with bold black outlines and dense hatched shadows that a designer could use for strong graphic contrast and figure-ground layouts.

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