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[絵本] 〔２７〕 佐野鹿十郎実記

牧金之助 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1888 · 金寿堂 · 7 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Kinjudō, compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, telling a true account of a samurai named Sano Shikajūrō for a popular readership. The woodblock-style pictures show dramatic sword fights and combat scenes with bold black ink, patterned kimono, and captioned text panels, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic action composition and flat graphic pattern.

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