絵本楠公記
An illustrated Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1889 by the Shinshindō press, retelling the life of the loyalist warrior Kusunoki Masashige for a general readership. Its woodblock-style prints show armoured samurai in a wooden scaffold battle, a fierce fight with a fallen warrior among scattered weapons, and courtly and camp scenes of men in armour and robes; a designer might draw on the bold black-and-white linework, dense patterned textiles, and dynamic diagonal compositions.
