[絵本] 〔７〕真田三代記前下

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 19 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigoro, an illustrated edition of the Sanada Sandaiki chronicle of samurai warfare, printed in Tokyo for a popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages show armoured warriors on horseback and in combat, each framed by dense columns of kana text. A designer might take the bold black-and-white hatching, the patterned armour and the way text and image share one page.

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