絵本太閤記 上
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Morimoto Junzaburo and illustrated by Umedo Kunimasa, published by Morimoto for a general readership of its day. Its woodblock-style black-and-white pictures show armoured warriors, a seated lord in a tent beneath pine branches, and figures wading through reeds beside a river, with dense Japanese text blocks set into the scenes. A designer might take the bold hatched patterns on armour and kimono, the strong black-and-white contrast, and the calligraphic text panels as graphic material.
