絵本石橋山 5巻
This is a Japanese ehon picture book in five volumes, written by Doryuan Ryubi and illustrated by Ikkaisai Kunimaru, published in 1827 by Nishimiya Shinroku for general readers of the Edo period. Its woodblock pages show armoured samurai in combat on horseback and on foot, with vertical columns of Japanese text beside the scenes. A designer might take the dynamic diagonal compositions, dense armour patterning and expressive ink linework for martial, narrative action.
