[絵本] 〔１５〕神君長篠大合戦上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigorō and published in 1882, illustrating battle episodes from the Nagashino campaign for a general readership. The pictures are woodblock-style black-and-white line drawings with dense vertical Japanese text columns beside them. A designer could take their dynamic diagonal compositions of mounted samurai in layered armour, flowing banners, and crowded battlefield action as examples of bold ink-line energy.

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