[絵本] 〔１３〕徳川家康一代記下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 19 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) on the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu was compiled and published in 1881 by Tsujioka Bunsuke, probably for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages pair a column of Japanese text with a single armoured warrior scene each, and the pictures show plainly drawn samurai in layered lamellar armour against sparse ground, cloud, and tree motifs, offering a designer a clear reference for black-and-white narrative block illustration and heavy line armour 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