幡随院長兵衛一代記 : 絵本実録
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon) of 1886, published and compiled by Tsunashima Kamekichi, retelling the life of the Edo commoner hero Banzui Chōbei in a popular woodblock-style format for general readers. Its pictures are bold black-line woodcut scenes of swordfights and street action, with dense vertical Japanese text columns beside them; a designer might take the strong figure silhouettes, dynamic diagonal poses, and the striking pattern of kimono stripes and checks.
