絵本太閤記 初編 巻5,6
An 1882 Tokyo illustrated book (ehon) by Okada Gyokuzan with additions by Nakamura Yoriharu, printed by Tokyo Doeki Shuppansha, a popular picture-book retelling of the warlord Hideyoshi's life. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style scenes of samurai on horseback, armoured battles, and crowds, with calligraphic captions. A designer might take their dynamic diagonal compositions, dense hatching for clouds and foliage, and bold figure outlines as a source for Japanese historical graphics.
