絵本石山軍記
Eshi Ishiyama gunki is a Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Tsutsumi Kichibei and published by him in 1888, retelling the Ishiyama war chronicle through woodblock-style illustrations for a general readership. Its pictures show armoured samurai in dense, finely hatched armour, posed in tense confrontations with banners, tents and inscribed cartouches, offering a designer strong models for dramatic historical figure compositions, patterned armour textures and bold black-and-white graphic contrast.
