国史略 : 絵本訓蒙 巻之６
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book from 1874, published by Kōkeisha, with text by Tsutsumi Masakatsu and annotation by Shigeno Yasutsugu, illustrating episodes from Japanese national history for a general readership. The black-and-white line illustrations show scenes of samurai, ox-drawn carriages, and archers set against plain landscapes with minimal shading. A designer could take from them the compact, rhythmic staging of figures in simple outdoor settings and the dense hatching used to render armour, patterned robes, and carriage bodies.
