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口木山人 訳 · 1883 · 東京金玉出版社 · 28 pictures

An 1883 Japanese illustrated edition (ehon) of the Journey to the West, published in Tokyo by Kingyoku Shuppansha and translated by Kōkiyama Sanjin, with woodblock-style black-and-white pages. The pictures show a monkey hero battling spear-wielding opponents, a bodhisattva appearing above mountains, and a robed monk beneath pines, drawn with dense hatching and clear figure outlines a designer could adapt for line art, folklore motifs, or period ornament.

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