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[絵本] 〔１〕 朝日奈豪傑伝

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 7 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) of 1888, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Kinjudō, likely for a general popular readership. Its woodblock-style black-and-white pictures show samurai in armour in interior scenes with sliding paper screens, patterned floors and calligraphic captions, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic figure poses, patterned kimono and armour textures, and framed panel layouts.

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