絵本徳川十五代記
An 1887 Japanese illustrated history book, the Ehon Tokugawa Jugodai-ki (Picture Book of the Fifteen Tokugawa Generations), compiled by Sugaya Yokichi and published by Fugetsu Shozaemon for a general reading public. Its woodblock-style pictures are dense black-and-white scenes with vertical columns of Japanese text, showing a seated figure with a scroll, interior screens, uniformed men, and a smoky battle with a cannon; a designer might take the bold line work, hatched shading, and text-and-image layouts.
