絵本姉川大戦記 : 古今実伝
An 1887 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Sumida En Bokutei Baiko and published by Kinkōdō, presenting a battle account for a general readership. The pictures are woodblock-style battle scenes of armoured warriors in close combat, mounted and on foot, under banners and pine trees. A designer might take the dense hatching, dynamic diagonal compositions and crowded armour patterns as reference for action-filled historical graphics.
