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川中島大合戦 : 絵本実録

村上銀次郎 編・画 · 1887 · 村山銀次郎 · 38 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) from 1887, compiled and illustrated by Murakami Ginjirō and published by Murayama Ginjirō, retelling the Battle of Kawanakajima in a popular illustrated chronicle style. The pages pair black-and-white line illustrations of armoured samurai, rivers and tents with columns of hand-lettered Japanese text, offering a designer bold ink-line figures, crowded compositions and calligraphic panels to adapt for historical or Japanese-inspired work.

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