絵本里見八犬伝
An 1886 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Oseki Toyo, adapting the Satomi Hakkenden, a popular epic of eight warrior dogs, for a general readership. Its woodblock-style prints show dramatic samurai action in bold outline with dense black-and-white patterned kimono, and a designer might take its strong figure silhouettes, hatched patterning, and vertical columns of calligraphic text beside the images.
