絵本英雄美談 : 佐々木岸柳宮本武蔵
This is a Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published in 1888 by Bunjidō, presenting heroic tales from Japanese history for a general readership. The pictures are bold black-and-white compositions of armoured warriors in combat, with dense hatching, swirling smoke-like clouds and patterned robes that show strong figure silhouettes and graphic pattern work a designer could adapt for dramatic panels.
