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施耐庵 作, 小杉未醒 訳・画 · 1911 · 左久良書房 · 99 pictures

A 1911 Japanese illustrated edition of the Water Margin (Suikoden) novel by Shi Nai'an, retold and drawn by Kosugi Misei and published by Sakura Shobō as an ehon picture book for general readers. The pictures are loose ink line drawings of fighting figures in Chinese dress, with brisk, caricatured poses, scattered action and few background details, offering a designer examples of expressive gestural linework and dynamic figure placement. The fourth image is rotated sideways, so its orientation should be checked before reuse.

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