[絵本] 〔４〕頼光一代記上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 19 pictures

This is a Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published by him in 1882, presenting the life of the warrior Yorimitsu in woodblock prints with columns of text. The four pictures show a monstrous spirit with flowing hair rising from a mass of rocks, a seated samurai beside a weeping willow, a ghostly figure in a dark cave, and a bearded giant seated at a table with attendants. A designer might take from them the bold hatched line work, dense black-and-white contrast, and the way vertical text blocks frame the figures.

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