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大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 17 pictures

This is an 1885 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published by him, a woodblock-printed popular adventure text about the swordsman Iwami Jūtarō. The pictures are bold black-and-white woodblock prints of samurai in combat, with dense columns of vertical Japanese text, strong black silhouettes and hatched patterned kimono and hakama that a designer could draw on for graphic contrast and dynamic action layouts.

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