絵本楠公記
An 1887 Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) compiled by 樺井達之輔 and published by 中村浅吉, retelling the life of the warrior Kusunoki Masashige in a series of framed scenes with vertical columns of text. The pictures show armoured samurai in dynamic poses against swirling water, rough seas and sparse landscape, with bold black ink outlines and hatched shading a designer could adapt for dramatic line work and period costume.
