岩見武勇伝 : 絵本実録
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1887 by Nakamura Yoshimatsu, retelling a warrior's exploits in woodblock-printed pages for a general popular readership. The four pages show fighting men with swords and spears amid pine and rock settings, a woman gathering among shrubs, and a figure in armour moving through a grove. Designers can take from them the bold, dense black-and-white linework, the hatched textures of cloth and armour, and the strong diagonal action of the combat scenes.
