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沢久次郎 編 · 1889 · 沢久次郎 · 9 pictures

An 1889 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyūjirō and published by him, a popular woodblock-style picture book with kanji text set in columns beside the images. Its pictures show samurai-era scenes in woodcut-like line and flat black ink, with dense text panels a designer could use for layout and typographic texture.

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