絵本徳川十五代記
An 1889 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) with anonymous authorship, published by Monto Heikichi, presenting the fifteen generations of the Tokugawa shogunal line. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style figure scenes of seated and standing court and samurai figures in patterned robes and armour, each labelled with a vertical caption cartouche naming a generation. A designer could draw on the dense kimono and armour patterning, the framed panel layouts, and the cartouche lettering as reference for historical Japanese graphic design.
