絵本高木武勇伝
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) published in 1885 by Kan'eisha, a Tokyo publisher, with Japanese text columns beside the images aimed at general readers. The pictures are rotated sideways on the page, showing crowded scenes of figures in kimono and hakama with robed attendants, interiors with latticed screens, and rough sketchy hatching. A designer might borrow the dense, energetic line work, the vertical text panels, and the compressed panel layouts for bold graphic compositions.
