[絵本] 〔６〕日蓮上人御一代記下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era (1881) Japanese picture book (ehon) volume on the life of the monk Nichiren, published by Tsujioka Bunsuke, presumably for general readers. Its woodblock-style pages pair vertical columns of Japanese text with scenes of robed Buddhist monks, a sleeping figure in a bed surrounded by mourners, and a monk standing beside waves and pine branches. A designer might take the bold black-and-white linework, the dense text-and-image layout, and the flowing robe patterns.

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