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仮名垣魯文 (猫々道人) 編 · 1880 · 金松堂 · 11 pictures

A Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Kanagaki Robun under the pen name Neko Neko Dojin, published in 1880 by Kinmatsudo in Tokyo for a general reading public. Its woodblock-printed pictures show dramatic scenes of fighting, with stylised figures in patterned kimono, swords and tense poses, drawn in bold black line with dense hatching that a designer could borrow for graphic patterning and high-contrast action compositions.

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