絵本慶安太平記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) published by Shinshindō, its compiler unknown, presenting a woodblock-style retelling of the Keian-era Taihei-ki historical tales for a general reading public. The four pictures are bold black-line figure scenes: a robed man stepping through a doorway, a figure with a fan beside a sea shore, a kneeling man reaching toward a woman in patterned kimono by a latticed window, and a seated samurai on a veranda beneath a circular backdrop. A designer might take their strong outline work, patterned textile details and economical use of flat black and white.
