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岡田玉山 著・画 · 1879 · 大野市兵衛等 · 14 pictures

An 1879 Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) by Okada Gyokuzan, published by Ono Ichibei and others, illustrating scenes from the Taiko-ki biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi for a general readership. Its black-and-white line illustrations show armoured warriors in battle, rocky mountain cliffs, a river landscape with boats, and a figure in flowing robes confronting a samurai; a designer could draw on their bold inked contours, dense hatching for rock and foliage, and sparse white space.

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