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綱島亀吉 編 · 1886 · 島鮮堂 · 11 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book, the Soga Monogatari retold in picture-book form (ehon), compiled by Tsunashima Kamekichi and published in Tokyo in 1886 by Chinsendō for a general reading public. Its double-page woodblock prints show armoured warriors, night scenes and seated courtly figures framed by dense columns of text, offering a designer compact examples of dramatic staging, dark ink masses and text integrated into the picture.

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