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沢久次郎 編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 11 pictures

An 1887 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Sawa Kyūjirō, volume seven of a series, with woodblock-printed scenes and kana captions for a popular readership. The pictures show samurai and figures in kimono fighting, some with swords, beside a cat-like yokai and screens and paper-latticed rooms; their bold black line work, dense hatching and patterned textiles offer designers strong graphic contrast and compositional ideas drawn from Meiji-era woodblock storytelling.

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