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[絵本] 〔２〕 日本名将銘々伝 ３

荒川吉五郎 編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 13 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigorō, compiled as a set of woodblock-printed portraits of famous Japanese warriors with columns of kana text beside each figure. The pictures show armoured samurai in standing and kneeling poses, with bold black-and-white line work and patterned robes and armour that a designer could draw on for pattern, costume and inked outline treatment.

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