絵本甲越軍記 前巻
An 1885 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled 絵本甲越軍記 Zenkan, compiled by Gashinsō and published by Kōgyokudō, presenting a fictionalized history of the Kai and Echigo warlords for a popular readership. Its woodblock-style pictures show seated and armoured samurai in interiors and on battlefields, framed by vertical columns of Japanese text. A designer might take from them the compact figure-and-text layouts, bold black line work, and the device of framing action within a narrow picture panel beside annotation columns.
