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荒川藤兵衛 編 · 1891 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 6 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Tōbei in 1891 and published by Arakawa Tōbei, presenting woodblock-style fiction about the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for a general reading public. The pictures are bold black-and-white figure scenes with dense patterned kimono textures, Chinese-character cartouches, and framed title panels, offering a designer strong models for graphic border, lettering and pattern work.

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