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絵本頼朝奥洲軍記

山本常次郎 編 · 1888 · 隆港堂 · 12 pictures

An 1888 Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Yamamoto Tsunejirō and published by Ryūkōdō, retelling the military chronicle of Minamoto no Yoritomo and his campaigns. The woodblock-style pages show armoured warriors in battle and tense court or domestic scenes, with decorative borders and columns of vertical Japanese text. A designer might take the dense, high-contrast black-and-white linework, the framed panel layouts, and the stylised armour and banner patterns as models for historical graphics.

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