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[絵本] 〔22〕 今川憤戦記 下

竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 16 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book, Imagawa Yoshimoto's war chronicle volume 2 (下), compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published in Japan in 1884 by Komori Sojiro for popular readers. The woodblock-style pages show armoured samurai in dense lamellar armour with swords and calligraphic text columns beside the figures, offering a designer strong examples of bold black-and-white patterning in armour and kimono textiles.

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