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[絵本] 〔２５〕 真田三代記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1886 · 牧金之助 · 6 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published in 1886 in Tokyo for a general reading audience. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line illustrations of samurai in armour on horseback, battle scenes with massed troops and banners, and a seated figure under a night sky with stars and a moon. A designer might draw on the bold calligraphic line work, dense patterned armour, and the dramatic compositions of mounted warriors against blank white ground.

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