[絵本] 〔２〕賎ケ岳七本鎗銘々伝初号

永島辰五郎編 · 1881 · 長谷川忠兵衛 · 21 pictures

An 1881 Japanese ehon picture book compiled by Nagashima Tatsugorō and published by Hasegawa Chūbei, retelling the Battle of Shizugatake through the Seven Spears warriors for a general reading audience. The woodblock prints show armoured samurai on horseback and on foot in dynamic poses, with spears, swords and banners, and vertical columns of text beside each figure; a designer could draw on the bold black-and-white linework, the strong silhouettes of armour and horses, and the framing of captions in columns.

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