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岩見英雄録 : 絵本復讐 6編5

乾坤亭東涯 著 · 1886 · 前川善兵衛等 · 6 pictures

A Meiji-era (1886) Japanese illustrated picture book, an ehon of the revenge-tale series Iwami eiroku, written by Kenkontei Tōgai and published by Maekawa Zenbee and others, aimed at general readers of popular fiction. The black-and-white woodblock-style pages show dramatic scenes with heavy armour, billowing smoke, and figures in pine-lined landscapes, with dialogue in vertical columns of kana and kanji; a designer might borrow the bold line work, the dynamic diagonal composition, and the way text balloons are integrated into the image.

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