絵本佐野報義録 4編
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) in the fourth part of the Sano Hōgiroku series, compiled by Chisokukan Shōkyoku and published by Shikada Genzō, probably for a general popular readership. Its pictures are bold black-and-white woodblock-style scenes of samurai in kneeling, sword-drawing and struggle poses, with dense patterned hakama and kimono and captioned name panels in the margins. A designer might take the strong figure silhouettes, heavy ink outlines and patterned textile motifs as models for graphic compositions.
