[絵本] 〔４〕佐倉宗五郎一代記下

泉竜亭是正著, 守川周重画 · 1880 · 荒川藤兵衛 · 19 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1880 by Arakawa Tōbei, written by Izumi Ryūtei Zekisei and illustrated by Morikawa Chikashige, telling the life of the peasant hero Sakura Sōgorō for a popular readership. The woodblock-style pages show robed figures in dense patterned kimono, a struggle with a flying cloak and a bound figure, and a seated man in a patterned robe, with columns of Japanese text beside the images; a designer could draw on the bold textile patterning and the compact text-and-image page layout.

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