絵本曽我物語 10
An 1883 Japanese picture book (ehon) volume 10 of the Soga monogatari, a medieval warrior tale, compiled by Isshō Koji and illustrated by Hōkyō Chūwa, published in Tokyo by Kinkyoku Shuppansha for general readers. Its woodblock-style black-and-white prints show armoured samurai in outdoor battle scenes, with rivers, boats, bridges and fields, giving designers a clear model for dynamic crowd composition, dense line work and traditional Japanese narrative layout.
