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竹内栄久 編, 梅堂国政 画 · 1883 · 関根孝助 · 19 pictures

An 1883 Japanese picture book (ehon) edited by Takeuchi Eiku and illustrated by Umedō Kunimasa, published by Sekine Kōsuke, presenting a heroic tale of Kemuramura Rokusuke in woodblock-style line drawings with columns of text beside the figures. The pictures show samurai in hakama and kimono posed in action, with calligraphic text panels arranged around them, offering a designer strong examples of bold black outline, dynamic poses, and text-image layout in Meiji-era print.

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