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沢久次郎編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1887 by Sawa Kyujiro, presenting the second part of a popular serialized tale of the outlaw-hero Shiraishi Gonpachi for a general readership. The woodblock-style pages pair a cramped column of Japanese text with bold scenes of swordplay, fleeing figures and a seated samurai, and a designer might borrow their dense text-and-image layouts and strong black-and-white figure silhouettes.

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