絵本呉越軍談
An illustrated Japanese ehon picture book from 1887, written by Ikeda Tōri and published by Mori Sen'kichi, drawing on the Wu-Yue wars legend for a general readership. The woodblock-style pages show courtly and warrior scenes with dense patterned robes, interior screens and tiled floors, and a designer could take from them the bold black linework, decorative textile patterns and compositions that frame figures against architectural space.
