[絵本] 〔１５〕上野戦争記上

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 20 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese ehon picture book, Ueno Sensō Ki volume one, compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published in 1881 for a popular readership. Its pages show full-length samurai figures in kimono and hakama, with dense columns of printed text running alongside, a layout a designer could borrow for figure-and-caption compositions. The woodblock lines are bold and sketchy, with patterned robes, a sword, a folding fan, and a floral-patterned screen, offering strong silhouettes and textile motifs.

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