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[絵本] 〔７〕 佐野鹿十郎一代記

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 18 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1884, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Komori Sojiro, telling the life story of the samurai Sano Shikajūrō in woodblock prints. Its pages pair dense columns of Japanese text with bold black-and-white figures, interiors, and props a designer could borrow for graphic 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