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[絵本] 〔１５〕 川中島大合戦

児玉又七 編 · 1880 · 大橋堂 · 14 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Kodama Matashichi and published by Ōhashidō in 1880, telling the story of the great battle of Kawanakajima in woodblock-style prints for a general reading public. The pictures show armoured samurai in close-up: one warrior with long streaming hair and a helmet-crest brandishes a sword, another rides a white horse, and rows of soldiers in lacquered armour stand in ranks. A designer might take the bold, high-contrast black line work, the dense calligraphic text panels beside the figures, and the patterned armour textures.

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