[絵本] 〔１〕浪華の梅大塩話４編

鶴田真容編, 守川周重画 · 1879 · 小森宗次郎 · 18 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Tsuruta Masuyo and illustrated by Morikawa Chikashige, published in 1879 by Komori Sōjirō in Osaka, aimed at general readers of popular historical accounts. Its woodblock-style pictures show armoured samurai, a bald elderly man with a kneeling child, and a tangle of figures among dense columns of text, with bold black outlines and heavy ink shadows a designer could draw on for graphic compositions that mix image and typography.

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