[絵本] 〔１〕東台戦争記

篠田仙果編, 方円舎清親画 · 1877 · 杉浦朝次郎 · 23 pictures

An 1877 Japanese picture book (ehon) titled Tōdai Sensōki, compiled by Shinoda Senka and illustrated by Hōen-sha Kiyochika, published by Sugiura Asajirō in Tokyo for a popular readership. Its woodblock-style pages show armed swordsmen and fighters in combat, with dense columns of Japanese text beside the images. A designer might take from them the energetic, angular line work of vertical text panels and the dramatic staging of close sword fights set against bold black shapes.

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