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[絵本] 〔２４〕 八犬伝

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 4 pictures

An 1888 Japanese ehon picture book, Hakkenden volume 24, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke with illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa and published in Tokyo by Kinjudō for general readers of popular fiction. Its pages show dramatic scenes: a woman behind a barred window, a standing samurai in patterned kimono with a sword, and a fighter mid-stroke, all framed by speech-bubble text in columns, with a hillside castle and a moonlit river scene that suggest bold compositions and layered patterned textiles a designer might adapt.

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