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大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Ōnishi Shōnosuke and published in 1885, likely for popular readers, retelling the legend of the samurai Oguri Hangan. The pages show bold black-line woodcut figures in patterned kimono and armour, with vertical columns of Japanese text beside them; a designer might take its dense, high-contrast linework and dynamic all-over patterning as a model for graphic blocks and bold textile-like motifs.

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