Japanese illustrations; a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan (1904)
Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 316
mance; and he also formsthe central figure in many of the colour-prints. The early history of Yoshitsune is boundup with that of the two great contendingfamilies, who entangled the whole empirein their struggle for supremacy during thetwelfth century, furnishing a curious analogywith our own Wars… … SOME SUBJECTS OF ILLUSTRATION. 135 vidlorious, foughtundera white banner. Wecan but afford space for a bare mention ofthe incidents of Yoshitsunes life ; the flightof his mother, Tokiwa, in snow-time, toescape the vengeance of Kiyomori, the greatTaira leader, and then practically ruler ofthe land ;…
Art, Japanese · Wood-engraving · Illustration of books
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