絵本石山軍記
A Japanese illustrated history book (ehon) printed in 1886 by the Shinshindō publishing house, retelling the Ishiyama war chronicle through woodblock-style pictures. The four pictures show armoured samurai in interior and veranda settings, with Japanese captions set in vertical columns above and beside the figures. A designer could take the strong black outlines, the dense patterned armour and kimono textures, and the vertical text panels as a graphic reference for period Japanese print layouts.
