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[絵本] 〔２２〕 信州川中島合戦 上

辻岡文助 編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 17 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book published by Tsujioka Bunsuke, one part of a series on the Battle of Kawanakajima in Shinano, printed as woodblock pages mixing kanji text with illustrations. The pictures show armoured samurai in combat, with dense calligraphic columns beside them, and a designer might take from them the bold outlines, patterned armour textures and strong figure-and-text page layouts of late Edo woodblock prints.

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