国史略 : 絵本訓蒙 巻之８
A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book, the eighth volume of an illustrated history of Japan, published in 1874 by Kōkeisha with text by Tsutsumi Masakatsu and annotation by Shigeno Yasutsugu, aimed at general readers. Its four black-and-white plates show a fortified gate and wall with a mounted warrior, an indoor scene of a seated attendant before a figure, armoured men gathered beneath a veranda with a distant castle, and figures in court dress drinking beneath blossoming trees; the bold outlines, open composition and clustered ink hatching suggest strong, simple line work for graphic designers.
