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[絵本] 〔２０〕 赤穂義士銘々伝

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 11 pictures

This is an 1886 Japanese ehon picture book titled in Japanese as Akō Gishi Meimeiden, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Maki Kinnosuke in Japan for a general readership. Its woodblock-style pages show pairs of samurai in tense confrontations, drawn in bold black ink outlines with dense hatched patterns on robes and dramatic poses. A designer could borrow the strong figure silhouettes, the crisp line hatching, and the compact framed panels with text columns beside them.

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