絵本四天王鬼賊退治実伝
An 1888 Japanese illustrated storybook (ehon) published by Nakamura Yoshimatsu, with bold black-and-white woodblock-style figures in period costume. The first picture shows a group of courtiers and a masked performer around a table, the second shows a seated figure before a armoured warrior and a shaven-headed attendant, and the third shows a mountain landscape with a moon and a figure on a path. A designer might take the strong ink contrast, dense patterned robes, and simple flat backgrounds as a model for bold graphic linework.
