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[絵本] 〔２〕 川中島大合戦

綱島亀吉 編 · 1887 · 綱島亀吉 · 7 pictures

An 1887 Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled and published by Tsunashima Kamekichi, showing battle scenes from the Battle of Kawanakajima. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of armoured samurai fighting on riverbank ground, with panels of Japanese text in the margins and a designer can take from them the dense hatching, bold silhouetted armour patterns, and compact panel layouts.

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