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絵本忠臣蔵実記

綱島亀吉 編 · 1886 · 綱島亀吉 · 23 pictures

An 1886 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) edited and published by Tsunashima Kamekichi, retelling the Chushingura vendetta story in woodblock-style line drawings for a general reading audience. Its pictures show kimono-clad samurai in tense interior scenes with sliding paper screens, tatami floors, and bold calligraphic captions set in vertical columns, offering a designer strong black-and-white graphic structure, patterned textile motifs, and dramatic silhouetted figures.

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