[絵本] 〔１〕慶安太平正雪一代記下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 17 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke, published by the same Tsujioka, and devoted to the Keian-era rebel Yui Shosetsu and his uprising. Its pages pair woodblock figures with dense columns of text, showing samurai in confrontation with swords and staves. A designer might take from them the dynamic diagonals of crowded fight scenes, bold patterned kimono textures, and the interplay of blocky calligraphy with figure drawing.

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