[絵本] 〔１１〕八幡太郎一代記上

永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 17 pictures

A Meiji-era (1882) Japanese picture book (ehon) edited by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō, illustrating the life of the warrior Hachiman Tarō, a 'Hachiman Tarō' biography for a general readership. The woodblock prints show armoured samurai on horseback and on foot, with columns of vertical Japanese text beside the scenes, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic action composition, dense hatched armour patterning, and integrated text-and-image layout.

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