絵本義経勲功記 初編
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled in Japanese, compiled by Yamamoto Tsunejiro and published in 1887 by Ryusodo, aimed at general readers and telling the Minamoto no Yoshitsune war tales. Its woodblock-style pictures show armoured warriors in dense black-and-white combat scenes framed by columns of vertical Japanese text, with bold tangled masses of ink, flying weapons and crowded figures that a designer could draw on for dramatic, high-contrast compositions.
