[絵本] 〔２〕太閤記本能寺合戦２号

永島福太郎編, 孟斎芳虎画 · 1880 · 堤吉兵衛 · 20 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from 1880, published by Tsutsumi Kichibei with illustrations by Hōsai Yoshitora and text compiled by Nagashima Fukutarō, telling episodes of the Taikōki and the Honnōji battle for a popular readership. The woodblock pages pair dense vertical columns of kana text with bold, angular figures in armour, with stylised clouds and bold black ink masses that a designer could draw on for dynamic compositions and strong figure-ground contrast.

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