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[絵本] 〔９〕 越後奥羽戦争記

坂田善吉 編 · 1879 · 坂田善吉 · 11 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Sakata Zenkichi and published by him in 1879, recording the Echigo and Ou fighting of the Boshin War. The woodblock-style pages pair bold black-and-white scenes of soldiers, smoke and horsemen with columns of Japanese text, with some panels set in a dense hatched texture. A designer could take the strong black silhouettes against billowing smoke clouds, and the energetic diagonal action, as a graphic model for bold contrast and movement.

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