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[絵本] 〔１１〕 佐賀怪猫伝

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 5 pictures

An 1888 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Kinjudō, with text compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and pictures by Umedō Kunimasa, presenting the Saga ghost-cat tale in woodblock prints. The pictures show a robed samurai holding a sword overhead, a cat monster looming behind a seated man, a lute-like instrument, a figure rising from water beneath a waterfall, and a fight on a cliff edge above rushing water. A designer might take the bold black-and-white contrast, dramatic cropped compositions, and dense vertical columns of text beside the images as models for strong graphic 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