絵本甲越軍記 後編
This is a Japanese illustrated history (ehon) printed in 1882 by the publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro, retelling the Kōetsu war chronicle for a general reading public. Its woodblock-style prints show samurai in armour charging on horseback, marching in columns through pine-lined paths, and fighting with swords and spears, all framed by dense columns of Japanese text. A designer might take the bold black linework, the dynamic diagonal compositions of riders, and the contrast between dense calligraphic text blocks and open image areas.
