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絵本徳川十五代記

菅谷与吉 編 · 1887 · 風月庄左衛門 · 6 pictures

An 1887 Japanese illustrated history book, the Ehon Tokugawa Jugodai-ki (Picture Book of the Fifteen Tokugawa Generations), compiled by Sugaya Yokichi and published by Fugetsu Shozaemon for a general reading public. Its woodblock-style pictures are dense black-and-white scenes with vertical columns of Japanese text, showing a seated figure with a scroll, interior screens, uniformed men, and a smoky battle with a cannon; a designer might take the bold line work, hatched shading, and 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