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[絵本] 〔２１〕 鬼神於松笠松峠

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 6 pictures

An 1888 Japanese ehon picture book, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Kinjudō in Tokyo for a general readership. Its woodblock-printed pages show a kneeling samurai with a seated figure, a tense sword fight with billowing smoke, and a crowded scene framed by vertical calligraphy panels. A designer could take the bold black-and-white patterning, the kimono textures, and the dynamic diagonal composition of the fight.

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