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絵本豊臣勲功記 第9編 巻之 9

桜沢堂山 編, 松川半山 画 · 1884 · 群玉堂[ほか] · 10 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1884, published by Gyokudōdō, with text compiled by Sakurazawa Dōzan and illustrated by Matsukawa Hanzan, telling a warrior-history story about Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Its woodblock-printed pages show formal palace interiors with raised verandas, sliding screens, rippling water and willows, and crowded figures in courtly and samurai dress, offering a designer clear models of traditional Japanese architecture, staging and crowd composition.

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