通俗日本外史 : 絵本平仮名
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published in 1887 by Dōmeisha, with text by Aoki Sukekiyo, retelling Japanese warrior history for a general readership. Its pictures are black-and-white line prints of samurai in armour fighting on riverbanks, bridges and palace verandas, with dense hatched foliage and water, offering a designer strong examples of bold ink-line composition and compact framing beside vertical calligraphic captions.
