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渡辺義方 校 · 1883 · 斯文社 · 8 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) of 1883, published by Bunshasha and edited by Watanabe Yoshikata, retells the Sanada family chronicle in woodblock-printed pages with vertical Japanese captions. The pictures are dense black-and-white line scenes of armoured warriors in battle among pines, rocks, and flags, showing how a designer can use crowded figure groupings, flag banners, and calligraphic caption blocks as a dynamic graphic pattern.

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