[絵本] 〔７〕真田三代記前上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigorō, compiled as an illustrated volume of the Sanada Sandaiki warrior chronicle for a popular readership. The pages show armoured samurai in dynamic poses with columns of hand-lettered Japanese text around the images, offering a designer bold black-line contour drawing, strong figure silhouettes and dense calligraphic framing.

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