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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 19 pictures

An 1880 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Kanagaki Robun under the name Byōbyō Dōjin and published by Kinmatsudō, aimed at general readers in Meiji-era Japan. Its woodblock-printed pages mix dense columns of kanji with black-and-white figure scenes, showing Western-dressed soldiers, a seated man at a table, and a tense struggle with swords and fleeing women in dresses. A designer might take the bold ink-line figure work, the strong diagonal compositions, and the contrast between rigid block text and energetic action drawings.

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