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南総里見八犬伝 4 全

曲亭馬琴 [著], 笹川種郎 校 · 1930 · 博文館 · 62 pictures

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden volume 4, a Japanese illustrated novel (ehon-style woodblock-derived print) written by Bakin Kyokutei and edited by Sasagawa Taneo, published by Hakubunkan in Tokyo in 1930 for general readers. Its pictures are black-and-white line illustrations of mountain landscapes, robed figures, horsemen and palanquin processions, with dense ink-line foliage and rocks a designer could draw on for rhythm and 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