絵本英勇美談 : 佐々木岸柳宮本武蔵
An 1888 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) published by Meishōdō, telling heroic tales of Sasaki Ganryū and Miyamoto Musashi for a general readership. Its woodblock-style pictures show swordsmen in dramatic action, with bold black outlines, patterned kimono, and stylised clouds and wooden floors that a designer could borrow for strong graphic compositions with heavy contrast and flat areas of pattern.
