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[絵本] 〔３〕 真田三代記

牧金之助 編 · 1888 · 牧金之助 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in 1888, presenting the Sanada family chronicle in woodblock-printed pages for a general reading audience. The single page shows a black-and-white line drawing of a samurai helmet with tall crest plumes resting on a low wooden chest, with a round seal-like emblem above, a sword or fan-like object at lower left, and vertical Japanese calligraphy on the chest; a designer might take its bold contour line, sparse composition, and dense framing border as a model for graphic simplicity.

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