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岡田玉山 著 · 1884 · 西野駒太郎等 · 130 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) from 1884, written and illustrated by Okada Gyokuzan and published by Nishino Komatarō and others, drawing on the life of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The black-and-white line prints show dense patterned kimono, clouds and pine trees, armoured retainers, and crowded interior scenes, offering a designer strong examples of bold linework, decorative pattern fills, and compositions that layer foreground figures against framed architectural backgrounds.

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