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沢久次郎 編 · 1889 · 沢久次郎 · 7 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Sawa Kyujiro and published by him in 1889, telling the tale of the loyal warrior Kusunoki Masashige in woodblock-printed pages. The pictures show armoured samurai in battle along riverbanks and in a rustic courtyard, with columns of kana text beside them. A designer might draw on their bold black-and-white line work, dense patterned armour textures, and dynamic diagonal compositions for historical or heroic themes.

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