岩見英雄録 : 絵本復讐 ７編２
This is a Meiji-era printed Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1886, written by Kenkontei Tōgai and published by Maekawa Zenbei and others, aimed at general readers who enjoyed serialised tales of vendetta. The four pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints of samurai in outdoor scenes, with pine trees, fences and tiled rooftops, showing dramatic poses, swordplay and multi-figure combat. A designer might take their bold inked outlines, hatched patterned robes and dense staged compositions as models for graphic illustration.
