Picture Book of the Warriors' Sandals (Ehon musha waraji)
Picture Book of the Warriors' Sandals is a woodblock-printed Japanese illustrated book issued in Edo in 1787 by the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō, with designs by the artist Kitao Shigemasa for a popular readership. The pictures show samurai in lacquered armour, helmets, and horses, drawn in bold outlines with flat colour and patterned textiles. A designer could take from them the layered armour patterns, dramatic river and wave backgrounds, and compositional use of paired facing pages.
