[絵本] 〔２７〕天草下

辻岡文助編 · 1881 · 辻岡文助 · 16 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsujioka Bunsuke and published in 1881, likely for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show armoured samurai in battle, seated and standing warriors, and a mounted rider, each framed by dense columns of Japanese text. A designer might take the patterned armour, banners and layered text blocks as models for dynamic historical figure compositions.

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