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[絵本] 〔１２〕 川中島軍記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 9 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Makino Kinnosuke with illustrations by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Kinjudo in 1888, presenting battle episodes from the Kawanakajima wars for a general readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of armoured samurai in dense clashes, with bold outlines, patterned armour and kimono, and captioned text panels a designer could draw on for graphic patterning and dynamic figure composition.

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