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[絵本] 〔８〕 大久保武蔵鐙

児玉又七 編 · 1880 · 大橋堂 · 13 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book, published in 1880 by Daibashido and compiled by Kodama Matashichi, printed for popular readers with woodblock-style illustrations set beside dense columns of Japanese text. The pictures show seated samurai in dark kimono on low platforms, with attendants, folding fans, swords and a sea-wave or pine-tree backdrop, and a designer might take from them their bold black outlines, flat patterned textiles, and the tight integration of script and figure within a narrow panel.

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