絵本源平盛衰記
An 1886 Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published by Shinshindō, compiled by Akisato Ritō from the Genpei war chronicles, aimed at a general readership. The four pages show armoured warriors in battle, a figure on a ladder beside a shoji-screened room, mounted or marching samurai beside a waterfall-like black band, and a towering armoured figure above a crowd of soldiers. Their dense hatching, bold outlines and clustered compositions suggest strong models for ink-line narrative illustration, with the framed panels and vertical Japanese columns offering a compact layout reference.
