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[絵本] 〔１３〕 徳川十五代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 4 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published in 1886 by Maki Kinnosuke, aimed at general readers wanting popular history of the Tokugawa shogunate's fifteen generations. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of armoured samurai, indoor court scenes and crests set in framed panels with vertical Japanese captions, offering a designer strong graphic contrast, dense patterned textures and compositions framed by text blocks.

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