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大南北全集 第4卷

鶴屋南北 著, 坪内逍遥, 渥美清太郎 編 · 1926 · 春陽堂 · 24 pictures

A 1926 Japanese collected edition of plays by Tsuruya Nanboku, edited by Tsubouchi Shoyo and Watanabe Seitaro and published by Shunyodo in Tokyo, aimed at readers of classical theatre. The pages are woodblock-style black-and-white prints of crowded battle and street scenes, with dense groups of figures in armour and robes, rendered in bold outline and hatching. A designer might take from them the energy of packed multi-panel compositions and the bold graphic contrast of black ink on white paper.

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