絵本徳川十五代記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated history (ehon) of the Tokugawa shogunate, compiled by Kida Kichitaro and published by Shinonome-do, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-style pictures show samurai in armour and formal robes in dense, hatched black-and-white line work, with calligraphic captions set into the frames, offering a designer strong models for bold graphic linework, patterned textiles and compositions that mix figures with text panels.
