絵本忠義水滸伝 巻45-48
An 1884 Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) published by Shimizu Ichijirō, illustrating the Chinese outlaw novel Water Margin for a general Japanese readership. The pictures show figures in robes and armour, interior screens, and Chinese-style battle scenes with bold black ink fields and inset panels. A designer might borrow the high-contrast black-and-white inking, the framed vignettes with calligraphic captions, and the compact composition of multiple scenes on one page.
