大坂軍記之内（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

大蘇芳年 · 秋山武右衛門 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print series by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (the artist given as 大蘇芳年), published by Akiyama Takeemon, drawn from the Osaka war chronicle and issued as picture-book sheets for a popular readership. The two prints show armoured samurai in dramatic action, one at night beneath a crescent moon and one on a rocky ridge with a bundle of wooden planks. A designer might take the bold tension of diagonal poses, the strong black outlines, and the cut-paper contrast of dark armour against red and gold accents.

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