絵本太閤記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled Ehon Taikōki, compiled by Okada Ryōsaku and published by Kinseidō, presenting episodes from the life of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi for a popular readership. The pictures are woodblock-style prints with bold black outlines and dense vertical columns of kana text beside the figures, showing samurai in armour and formal robes against plain or patterned backgrounds. A designer could draw on the strong figure silhouettes, the rhythm of vertical text blocks, and the stylised patterning of costume and armour.
