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絵本通俗水滸伝 巻2

桃川燕林 講演, 今村次郎 速記 · 1898 · 三新堂 · 7 pictures

An 1898 Japanese illustrated book, the second volume of an ehon picture-book version of the Water Margin, published in Tokyo by Sanshindō from the storytelling of Momokawa Enrin, transcribed by Imamura Jirō. Its woodblock-style pictures show warriors in combat with swords, staves and spears, and their dynamic poses, dense hatching and billowing smoke suit designers looking for energetic action compositions and bold black-and-white linework.

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