絵本徳川十五代記
A Japanese illustrated history book (ehon) compiled by Shimizu Jirojo and published in 1885 in Japan by Suzuki Kiemon and others, recounting the Tokugawa shogunate's fifteen generations. The woodblock-style pictures show armoured samurai and court-dressed nobles in tense group scenes framed by ornate borders, with bold inked outlines and dense patterned textiles and armour that a designer could draw on for graphic pattern work, bold line art and kimono or armour motifs.
