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[絵本] 〔６〕 岩見重太郎実記

沢久次郎 編 · 1894 · 沢久次郎 · 1 picture

An 1894 Japanese ehon picture book compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him, presenting the legend of the samurai Iwami Juutaro in woodblock-style print. The single page shows a warrior in a dynamic pose with a raised blade, the figure's dark robes and striped trousers set against a swirling white ground, with a block of vertical Japanese text at lower left. A designer could take the bold black-and-white contrast, the energetic diagonal composition and the compact framed text panel as models for dramatic graphic 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