絵本太閤記大全 7巻 [3]

西村屋与八 · 12 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated picture book, an ehon in several volumes, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi and drawn for popular readers in Edo-period Japan. The pictures are hand-colored woodblock prints in a rough, lively line, showing samurai armies in armour, rocky landscapes with pine trees and a bridge, and palace architecture. A designer might take their flat colour washes, bold blue and ochre patterning, and dense crowded compositions with banners and armour detail.

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