絵本太閤記 上
An 1888 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) by Okada Gyokuzan, published by Seikikaku, a fictionalised picture-book biography of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, printed in black woodblock-style line. The pictures show armoured samurai in dense, patterned armour, a warrior wading through a river current, and a sword fight across a tatami room, which a designer could take from as examples of bold hatching and textured armour patterning in black-and-white line work.
