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絵本南総里見八犬伝 第4篇

滝沢馬琴 編 · 1909 · 金港堂 · 128 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published in 1909 by Kinkodo, compiled by Takizawa Bakin, illustrating the fourth volume of the Nansō Satomi Hakkenden adventure saga. The pictures show samurai in armour, interiors with latticed screens, and battle scenes with crowds of warriors in dense black-and-white linework, useful to designers seeking bold patterned textiles, armour detail and crowded 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