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絵本徳川十五代記

清水市次郎 編 · 1886 · 中川初蔵 · 33 pictures

An 1886 Japanese woodblock-printed picture book, Ehon Tokugawa Jūgodaiki, compiled by Shimizu Jirōji and published by Nakagawa Hazō, presenting portraits of the fifteen Tokugawa shogun era figures. The pages show armoured warriors, courtiers and seated figures in bold black-line ink drawing with dense patterned kimono and armour textures, framed by ornate decorative borders that a designer could draw on for pattern work, lettering panels and vertical cartouche layouts.

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