絵本太閤記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Kanjiya Yoshikichi and published by Naitō Hikoichi, retelling the life of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi for a general readership. Its woodblock-style pages show seated and standing samurai in armour, with Japanese text set in vertical columns beside each scene, offering a designer dense line work, patterned armour and crests, and the rhythm of vertical text blocks.
