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絵本二島英雄記 巻6

平賀梅雪 著, 速水春暁斎 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 6 pictures

This is not allowed, so instead: An Edo-period Japanese picture book (ehon), volume six of a series, written by Hiraga Baisetsu and illustrated by Hayami Shungyosai, published by Okada Mohei. The woodblock-printed pages show action scenes of armed warriors, a figure leaping among rocks by the sea, and a crowd fighting amid bamboo thickets and a wind-blown tree, suggesting strong dynamic composition for designers studying energetic line work and dramatic staging of combat.

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