[絵本] 〔３〕武田信玄一代記

増田福太郎著 · 1888 · 増田福太郎 · 17 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture book, published in 1888 by Masuda Fukutaro, that retells the life of the warlord Takeda Shingen in woodblock-printed woodcut-style pages with kana verse set in columns above the scenes. The pictures show samurai in armour, warriors with swords and spears, and a rider on a galloping horse, drawn in bold black outlines with simple dense shading. A designer could take from them the energetic posing of armoured figures, the strong black-and-white linework, and the vertical text panels as a layout device.

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