絵本太閤記 下
This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book, the Ehon Taikoki volume 2, a picture book about the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, published in 1886 by Bunjidō with text and pictures attributed to Okada Gyokuzan. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line prints with dense hatching, showing armoured warriors in battle, a kimono-clad woman on a bridge, and boats in a river. A designer might take from them the bold, high-contrast linework, patterned textile and armour surfaces, and the dynamic diagonal compositions with framed caption cartouches.
