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永島辰五郎編 · 1881 · 長谷川忠兵衛 · 15 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published in 1881 by Hasegawa Chūbei, aimed at general readers and drawn from the Soga brothers revenge legend. The pictures are black-and-white woodcut scenes of armoured warriors on horseback and in combat, with calligraphic captions in columns beside them. A designer might take the bold, high-contrast line work of the armour patterns, the dynamic diagonal compositions of mounted fights, and the dense integration of text and image.

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