絵本真田三代記
An 1885 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) titled Ehon Sanada Sandaiki, compiled by Sugaya Yokichi and published by Hiyoshido, retelling the Sanada family's three generations of warriors for a general readership. The woodblock-style pages show armoured samurai in tense interior and castle scenes, with dense vertical Japanese text filling the lower and side margins; a designer could take from them the bold black-and-white hatching of armour, the rhythm of columned text blocks, and the framing of figures under a large parasol.
