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渡辺義方 校 · 1883 · 斯文社 · 8 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1883, published by Bunshasha and edited by Watanabe Yoshikata, retelling the Sanada family chronicle for a general reader. The four pages show clean black-line woodblock-style drawings with minimal shading, one with a bonsai and screen interior, one with armoured warriors charging through waves, and one with mounted samurai under pine trees and banners. A designer could take the bold outline style, the flat patterned kimono textures, and the dynamic diagonal compositions for graphic work.

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