絵本平井権八一代記
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) printed in 1887 by the publisher Kyōsōya, retelling the life of the outlaw hero Hirai Gonpachi in a popular woodblock-derived style for general readers. The four pictures show swordfights, a formal interior scene and a figure in a tall basket hat, all in bold black-and-white line work with patterned striped robes and latticed screens that a designer could draw on for graphic composition and strong silhouettes.
