[絵本] 〔１１〕八幡太郎一代記下

永島辰五郎編 · 1882 · 小森宗次郎 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Komori Sōjirō in 1882, part of a series on the warrior Hachiman Tarō's life. The pictures are black-and-white woodcut scenes of mounted samurai in armour, with columns of Japanese text running beside the images. A designer might take the bold, angular line work, the dense calligraphic text blocks, and the compositional habit of placing a framed action scene beside vertical text 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