絵本忠臣蔵
An illustrated Japanese ehon picture book titled in Japanese, written by Tamenaga Shunsui and published in 1894 by Shinshindō, retelling the Chūshingura vendetta story for general readers. Its woodblock-style pages show interior scenes of samurai in tatami rooms with dense columns of kana text beside the figures, offering designers a model for integrating vertical typography with figurative compositions and flat, graphic line work.
