[絵本] 〔３〕源義経一代記上

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 22 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from 1884, published by Komori Sōjirō, with text by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrations by Umedō Kunimasa, telling the life of the warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune for a general readership. The pictures are bold black-line woodcuts with dense kana text columns beside the figures, showing armored samurai, patterned kimono, and tree and fence settings that a designer could use for bold graphic line work and textile-like 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