Dogwood: Ch3 p11-13

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Dogwood Blossoms,
Chapter 3: E-hon, pages 11-13

A fold-out ukiyo-e styled triptych of an epic battle between magical Japanese cats and dogs.

This is the most characters I have ever drawn in one composition. Complex.

Wherein I reveal the depths of my geekdom. This chapter of Dogwood Blossoms is in the style of--and in imitation of--Japanese e-hon illustrated novels from the 1700-1800's.

E-hon ("picture book") were woodblock printed and widely read and collected in Japan. Epic novel series (like Kyokutei Bakin's 106 volume Hakkenden) were illustrated and serialized this way. Most of the popular ukiyo-e ("floating world-pictures") art prints that are so expensive and collectible right now, were originally printed in e-hon book compliations.
These books are GORGEOUS. (And I want one. Or several. If I was to be a snooty collector of old expensive things, it would be of these books. I'm going to have to save up.

Here are a few e-hon examples:
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Cool ukiyo-e sites:
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Stats: Book layout photomanipulated from actual e-hon book scans and paper scans, most patterns drawn by myself, a few taken from Japanese ukiyo-e prints from the 1800's. Wood grain texture by ~Enchantedgal-Stock.

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Acknowledgments and Disclaimer: Inuyasha-tachi belong to Takahashi Rumiko and everyone she has sold them to. This is a mostly nonprofit fan work that I’m putting too much work into because I'm a pathetic period-accuracy purist. All historical inaccuracies are the fault of myself--some deliberate, the rest out of ignorance. There is only so much time a girl can put into research for a fan project.
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