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大塩平八郎実記 : 絵本実録

牧金之助 編 · 1887 · 金寿堂 · 16 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published in 1887 by Kinjudo, recounting the rebellion of Oshio Heihachiro in woodblock-style prints with running kana text. The four pages show armored samurai and townspeople in dramatic scenes, including a banner-bearing crowd, a sword duel before a patterned screen, rioters hurling debris, and a man escaping through a window beside pine foliage. A designer could draw on the bold hatched linework, the dense black-and-white figure compositions, and the way text panels are integrated into the image frame.

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