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絵本楠公三代記

菅谷与吉 編 · 1884 · 日吉堂 · 9 pictures

An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, Ehon Nankō Sandaiki, compiled by Sugaya Yokichi and published by Nikkōdō, presenting a chronicle of the Kusunoki family's three generations in woodblock-style prints with brief captions. The pictures show a warrior leaping over a stone wall, a stone castle wall with a crowd of soldiers below, a fighter in ornate armour bearing a sword, and a seated courtier beside a lattice window with paper letters; a designer might take the bold black-and-white contrast, dense hatched textures, and the vertical calligraphic captions set beside the scenes.

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