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辻岡文助 編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) edited by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published in 1881, presenting a dramatized life story of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi in woodblock-printed pages. The pictures are bold black-line figure scenes with kana text columns running beside them, showing samurai in patterned kimono and armour; a designer might take the strong graphic contrast of dense patterned textiles against open text blocks.

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