絵本慶安太平記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published by Shinseidō, with its editor unrecorded, presenting popular historical tales in woodblock-style line prints. The pictures are black-and-white line illustrations of swordsmen, figures in interiors, and seaside scenes, many printed sideways on the page; a designer could take their dense hatching, patterned backgrounds, and dramatic gestures as reference for historical Japanese narrative art.
