国史略 : 絵本訓蒙 巻之１１
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated history primer (ehon) published in 1874 by Kokeisha, with text translated by Tsutsumi Masakatsu and annotated by Shigeno Yasutsugu, aimed at general readers and learners of national history. The four woodblock-style pictures show episodes from Japanese history: a warrior with a sword in a rocky cave, a helmeted commander standing over a kneeling figure beneath pine branches, mounted samurai in a river battle, and a robed noble on a raised veranda beside a fallen retainer. Their bold black outlines, flat patterned armour, and pine and cave framing offer a designer clear examples of traditional Japanese graphic line work and composition.
