絵本忠義水滸伝 巻1-3
An 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, volumes 1-3, compiled and adapted by Shimizu Ichijirō and published by him in Japan, illustrating the Water Margin (Suikoden) tale of loyal outlaws. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line prints with dense, angular crowds of fighting figures, bold white-on-black contrast, and vertical Japanese caption panels, offering a designer strong models for dynamic action composition, hatched texture, and the flat patterned tile floors and architecture of the settings.
