絵本柳荒美談
A Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1891 by Shinshindō, its record giving no further maker or audience detail. Its four pictures show samurai in patterned kimono and hakama, one in a dramatic leap with a spear, one standing with a sword, one drawing a blade before folding screens, with scattered square motifs filling the backgrounds; a designer might take the bold black line work, the textile patterns, and the dynamic poses.
