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絵本太閤記 1

法橋玉山 画作 · 1917 · 国書刊行会 · 94 pictures

Ehon Taikoki volume 1 is a Japanese illustrated picture book of the Toyotomi Hideyoshi biography, illustrated by Hokkyo Gyokuzan and published in 1917 by Kokusho Kankokai as a reprint of an Edo-period woodblock original for a general readership. Its pictures show woodblock-style scenes of samurai in armour, a seated lord in a palace, mounted warriors and walled castle gates, drawn with dense hatching, pine trees and clouds that a designer could use for sparse historical line work and compositional framing.

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