絵本赤穂義士銘々伝
An 1889 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published by Manyūkai, retelling the lives of the forty-seven Akō retainers for a general reader. Its woodblock-style pictures show interiors with seated figures, formal ceremony, and dramatic swordplay, drawn in crisp black outlines with patterned hatching, pale flat grounds and carved-looking textures that a designer could borrow for bold graphic compositions with framed panels and vertical Japanese captions.
