絵本真田三代記
An 1887 Japanese illustrated book, the ehon Ehon Sanada Sandaiki, compiled and published by Tsutsumi Kichibei, presenting the Sanada family's three generations in woodblock-style pictures. The scenes show armoured samurai in tents and gardens, a warrior seated on a wooden floor, and a bold battle near a wheeled wooden barricade, with dense calligraphic captions set beside the figures. A designer could draw on the bold black-and-white contrast, the patterned kimono and armour textures, and the vertical text panels as layout ideas.
