絵本忠義水滸伝 巻8-10
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) from 1884, published by Shimizu Ichijirō, adapting the Chinese outlaw epic Water Margin for a Japanese readership. The black-and-white pages show crowded battle scenes with swordsmen, armoured warriors and dense hatched clothing and foliage. A designer might take from them the energetic line work, bold hatching, and dynamic crowd compositions of Meiji-era popular print.
