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池田東籬 著 · 1886 · 鶴声社 · 33 pictures

This is a Japanese illustrated book (ehon) by Ikeda Tōri, published in Tokyo by Kakuseisha in 1886, retelling the Wu-Yue wars of ancient China in woodblock-style line drawings for a general reading public. The pictures show armoured generals, courtiers in layered robes, and dramatic interior and garden scenes rendered in bold black ink outlines with dense patterned textiles and banners, offering a designer strong examples of classical East Asian costume, panel framing, and ink line work.

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