絵本孝経略解
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) of 1883, written by Horinaka Tōshū and published by Ōkawa Shinkichi, presenting moral anecdotes from the classic Xiaojing for a general reading audience. Its woodblock-style pictures show armoured warriors, a pine tree, a figure crouching before a folding screen, and a bound prisoner with a guard, with short explanatory text in columns beside each scene. A designer might borrow the bold black-and-white contrast, the stylised pine branches and the rhythm of text set in vertical columns beside the image.
