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荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigorō, recounting the life of the warrior Katō Kiyomasa in printed columns of kana text beside the images. The pictures are black-and-white block prints of armoured samurai on horseback and in battle, with the hero's name stamped in a cartouche; a designer might draw on their bold calligraphic linework, dense patterned armour, and the energetic diagonal composition of mounted action.

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