絵本平井権八一代記
An 1887 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Igyokan and others, telling the life story of the outlaw samurai Hirai Gonpachi in a series of woodblock-style scenes. The pictures are black-and-white line prints with dense ink patterning, showing samurai in layered robes, swords, pine trees and crowds, which a designer might take as a model for bold figure silhouettes and graphic patterned textiles.
