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絵本豊臣勲功記 第9編 巻之 5

桜沢堂山 編, 松川半山 画 · 1884 · 群玉堂[ほか] · 6 pictures

A Meiji-period Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1884, published by Gyokudōdō, edited by Sakurasawa Dōzan and illustrated by Matsukawa Hanzan, drawn for popular readers with a historical account of Toyotomi-era military exploits. The pages show black-and-white woodblock-style line drawings of samurai in armour, a seated court scene with a figure in tall black headwear, and a stone-walled castle assault, with Japanese columns of text beside the images; a designer might draw on their bold, dense linework, patterned armour and fan-shaped crowd compositions.

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