絵本二島英雄記 巻２
This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, written by Hiraga Baisetsu and illustrated by Hayami Shungyosai, published by Okada Mohei in Kyoto or Osaka for popular readers. Its pages are black-and-white line prints showing crowded battle scenes with banners and spears, a riverside clash of warriors, figures on wooden galleries and stairs, and a fallen warrior among low shrubs. A designer could draw on the dense, dynamic compositions, the flat hatched ink line, and the split-page framing typical of ukiyo-e narrative illustration.
