絵本明治太平記
An 1887 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinnosuke and published by Kinjudō, retelling Meiji-era events in woodblock-style pictures for a general reading public. Its prints are bold black-and-white compositions with dense vertical columns of text, and a designer might take their strong silhouettes, dramatic diagonal action and ink-heavy figures as models for graphic layout.
