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荒川吉五郎 編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1882 by Arakawa Kichigoro, presenting a serialized chronicle of the Keian-era rebel Yui Shosetsu for a general popular readership. Its pages show samurai and townspeople in woodblock-style black line drawings, with dense columns of Japanese text framing each scene, offering designers a clear model of compact narrative page layout and bold graphic linework.

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