絵本楠公記 : 古今実伝
A Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Arakawa Tōbei and published by Kinkōdō in 1887, presumably for a general readership, retelling the life of the warrior Kusunoki Masashige. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints showing armoured samurai fighting on horseback and on foot amid pines, with a palace or gatehouse at left and a seated lord attended by courtiers. A designer might take the bold, dense line work, the wind-bent pines and the crowded, flat compositions as models for dramatic historical scenes.
