[絵本] 〔１５〕上野戦争記下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 18 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published in 1881 in Japan, apparently a late-Edo-style illustrated account of the Ueno battle for a general readership. The pictures show armoured and sword-wielding figures in dynamic poses against hatched backgrounds, with dense columns of Japanese text beside them; a designer might borrow the bold black-and-white line work, the patterned kimono textiles, and the way text and image share one framed panel.

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