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沢久次郎編 · 1887 · 沢久次郎 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published by him in 1887, with woodblock-printed pages mixing armoured warrior scenes with columns of kana text. The pages show samurai in lamellar armour and helmets on mountain paths and in battle, with dense calligraphic text running down the margins; a designer might take the bold black-and-white contrast, the patterned armour textures, and the vertical text layouts as graphic references.

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