桜田血染雪 : 絵本実録
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) compiled by Maki Kinosuke for general readers, published in 1886 by Kinjudō in Tokyo. Its woodblock-style pictures show samurai in dark kimono, with dense vertical columns of kana text set beside the scenes. A designer could take the bold black-and-white ink contrast, the cropped figures, and the integration of printed text with image as a model for layout.
