絵本景清一代記
An 1891 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Shinshindō, written by Kōzan, with its pictures apparently drawn for a general readership of the period. The four woodblock-style prints show samurai in dramatic action: a group of figures gathered around a fallen man, a swordsman striking down an enemy beneath a wooden gate, a woman in a patterned kimono seated before a figure in the distance, and a warrior with a raised blade beside a pine tree. A designer might take the bold black silhouettes, the dense patterned textiles, and the strong contrast of heavy ink masses against open white ground.
