[絵本] 〔２３〕岩見重太郎一代記下

竹内栄久編, 梅堂国政画 · 1884 · 小森宗次郎 · 21 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, the second volume of a life story of the samurai Iwami Juutaro, compiled by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Komori Sojiro. The four woodblock pages are dense with columns of kana text and show a seated warrior in a patterned robe, a standing swordsman with a long blade, a fierce muscular fighter in a leafy setting, and a fallen figure struck by a long staff; the bold black linework, flat patterned fabric and crowded text blocks suggest a designer's use for dynamic action layouts and textured text-and-image panels.

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