絵本赤穂義士銘々伝
An 1887 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Suzuki Genshirō with an unnamed editor, portraying the forty-seven loyal retainers of Akō, the samurai whose 1703 revenge made them legendary. The woodblock-style prints show each man with his name in vertical columns beside him, and his poem or motto written above, so a designer can see how Japanese text and figures were arranged on a page. The seated and standing pairs, dense patterned kimono and hakama, and the pared-down ink line suit designs that need a historical Japanese feel.
