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深谷亀太郎編 · 1887 · 深谷亀太郎 · 8 pictures

An 1887 Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) compiled by Fukaya Kametarō and published by him, apparently aimed at general readers of the Meiji period. Its pictures are bold black-and-white line prints of crowded scenes with armoured warriors, robed figures and interior rooms, with vertical Japanese columns of text beside the figures; a designer might take the dense hatching, strong silhouettes and framed text panels as a model for graphic patterning.

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