絵本明治太平記
Ehon picture book published in Tokyo in 1886 by Shimizu Ichijirō, compiled for a popular readership, presenting Meiji-era figures as woodblock-style portraits. The pictures show standing and seated men in formal kimono, hakama and haori, with patterned robes, swords, and bordered panels inscribed with names in vertical Japanese text; a designer might take the dense patterned textiles, tight framing, and calligraphic labels as a model for graphic ornament.
