[絵本] 〔２２〕信州川中島合戦下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 16 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book, published by Tsujioka Bunsuke, presenting a narrative of the Kawanakajima battles in Shinano for a general readership. The pages pair woodblock-style figure scenes with columns of vertical Japanese text and handwritten-looking caption labels. A designer could draw on the bold, angular brush-like linework, the swordsmen in flowing robes, and the dense interplay of image and calligraphic column.

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