[絵本] 〔１７〕信州川中島烈戦記上

荒川吉五郎編 · 1882 · 荒川吉五郎 · 17 pictures

An 1882 Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Kichigoro and published by him, illustrating the Kawanakajima battles of Shinshu for a general readership. The pictures are bold black-and-white line prints showing armoured warriors in dynamic action, with calligraphic text blocks set into the scenes; a designer might take their strong contour linework, dense hatching, and the compression of action and smoke into flat graphic shapes.

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