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編輯人不詳 · 1887 · 永昌堂 · 33 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) titled after the Ryukyu military chronicle, published in 1887 by Eishodo with the editor unidentified, and aimed at general readers of popular illustrated fiction. Its woodblock-style line drawings show samurai in armour, a warrior braced with a long spear, and figures in court dress with calligraphic captions, offering a designer strong examples of dense hatched linework, dark silhouettes against open white ground, and vertical cartouche lettering.

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