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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 21 pictures

An 1880 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon, volume 2 part 下) compiled by Kanagaki Robun under the name Myōmyō Dōjin and published by Kinmatsudō. Its pages are woodblock prints of armoured samurai warriors in dense action, framed by vertical columns of kana text. A designer could take from them the bold hatched patterning of armour and textiles, and the tight compositions where crowded figures, banners and calligraphy share one frame.

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