絵本忠義水滸伝 巻26-28
This is an 1884 Japanese ehon picture book, volumes 26 to 28 of the Water Margin (Suikoden) retold for popular readers, compiled and annotated by Shimizu Ichijiro and published by him. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line prints with dense hatching, showing armoured warriors in combat, seated scholars at a table, and a group of men in robes in a room with sliding screens. A designer could draw on their bold figure silhouettes, patterned armour and robe textures, and the calligraphic character labels set beside the figures.
