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[絵本] 〔１７〕 大江山酒呑童子

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 8 pictures

An 1888 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Kinjudo, edited by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, retelling the Shuten Doji legend for a general readership. The black-and-white woodblock-style pages show armoured warriors in patterned robes, with calligraphic captions in vertical columns and dense black areas used for shadow and ground. A designer might take the bold silhouetted figures, patterned kimono textures, and vertical text panels as a strong model for graphic layout.

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