[絵本] 〔２６〕堀部安兵衛三度之仇討下

大西庄之助編 · 1885 · 大西庄之助 · 20 pictures

An 1885 Japanese ehon picture book published by Onishi Shonosuke, a woodblock-style illustrated volume of the kind made for popular readers in Japan. Its four pages show sword-fighting scenes in which samurai clash with swords amid patterned robes and dense rows of text in vertical columns. A designer might take from them the bold hatched black-and-white linework, the energetic diagonal composition of crossing blades, and the decorative patterning of kimono and armour.

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