[絵本] 〔１５〕復讐伊賀の水月下

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published in 1885, likely for popular readers of samurai revenge stories. Its pages are woodblock prints of swordsmen in flowing kimono and hakama, set against stylized bamboo, rough ground and patterned fabric, with dense columns of Japanese text beside the figures. A designer might take the bold black-and-white contrast, the dynamic diagonal poses of the fighters, and the decorative textile patterns and calligraphic text blocks.

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