[絵本] 〔２〕八犬伝

牧金之助編 · 1885 · 深川屋豊 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in 1885 by Fukagawaya Yutaka, drawn in woodblock-style black-and-white for a popular readership. The pictures show warriors in patterned robes and striped trousers, some mid-action with swords or staves in interiors and on rocky ground. A designer might borrow their bold hatched ink textures, dramatic diagonal compositions, and the vertical text cartouches in the margins.

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