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絵本義経勲功記

香雨亭桜山 編 · 1887 · 偉業館 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Kōu-tei Ōzan and published in 1887 by Igyōkan, presenting the exploits of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in woodblock-style line illustrations for a general reading public. The pictures show armoured warriors, a courtier beside blossoming branches, and a figure resting on a veranda with a patterned screen, rendered in bold black outlines with stippled backgrounds, offering a designer strong examples of dense, high-contrast linework and vertical Japanese cartouche labels.

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