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牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 深川屋 · 6 pictures

An 1888 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled Ehon Chōsen Gunki, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke with illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa and published by Fukagawaya. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints of armoured warriors on horseback and in battle, with vertical Japanese text columns beside them, and a designer might take their bold blacks, dense patterned armour, and strong diagonal movement.

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