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橋本直義 編 · 1884 · 島鮮堂 · 7 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, volume 2 of the Honchō Suikoden, compiled by Hashimoto Naoyoshi and published by Shimasendō, with woodblock-style black-and-white pages where printed kana columns run beside the figures. Its pages show dramatic outlaw heroes in motion, with bold inked silhouettes, dense hatching in dark backgrounds, and flowing robes that a designer could use for bold figure-based compositions and vertical text-and-image layouts.

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