[絵本] 〔２〕賎ケ岳七本鎗銘々伝４号

永島辰五郎編 · 1881 · 長谷川忠兵衛 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era (1881) Japanese picture book published in Tokyo by Hasegawa Chubei, compiled by Nagashima Tatsugoro, presenting individual biographical portraits of the seven spear warriors of the Battle of Shizugatake. Each woodblock print shows a standing samurai in detailed lacquered armour with a short inscribed column of text beside him. A designer might take the dense, patterned armour textures, the bold black-and-white line work, and the vertical text panels as reference for graphic layout and pattern.

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