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綱島亀吉 編 · 1887 · 綱島亀吉 · 11 pictures

This Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsunashima Kamekichi and published by him in 1887 presents episodes from the Taikōki, a popular chronicle of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, for a general readership. Its pictures are crisp woodblock-style scenes of armoured samurai in dense black-and-white hatching, with strong diagonal compositions and bold silhouettes that suggest graphic cutout shapes and dramatic action framing.

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