絵本柳荒美談
An 1886 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) of unnamed editorial authorship, published by Murakami Shinsuke, presenting a set of woodblock-style stories of samurai and warriors. The pictures are black-and-white figure scenes with bold outlines, dense patterned robes and armour, and cherry-blossom or snow flecks, with framed kanji captions beside each figure; a designer could borrow the strong contour line, the patterned fabric textures and the tight vertical panel composition.
