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[絵本] 〔3〕 田宮坊太郎一代記 下

山村清助 編 · 1885 · 堤吉兵衛 · 21 pictures

This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published in 1885 by Tsutsumi Kichibei, compiled by Yamamura Seisuke, a woodblock-printed narrative about the samurai hero Tamiya Bōtarō. The pages pair dramatic figure scenes with columns of Japanese text, offering a designer examples of compact, high-contrast woodblock composition, flat patterned kimono textures, and sequential storytelling 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