絵本真田三代記
An 1884 Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Kakusei-sha in Tokyo, a popular illustrated retelling of the Sanada family's three generations of warriors for a general readership. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints with bold outlines, dense hatching on armour and kimono, and calligraphic captions set in vertical columns beside the figures. A designer might take their strong graphic contrast, patterned textiles, and compact vertical panel layouts as models for Meiji-era narrative illustration.
