絵本曽我物語
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) compiled by Yamamoto Tsunejirō and published in 1889 by Ryūsōdō, aimed at general readers and telling the Soga brothers' vendetta legend. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints in a dense, high-contrast manner, with figures in armour and robes set in interior rooms and crowded scenes; a designer might take the bold outlined composition, the framed title panel with its ornamental border, and the strong flat black masses.
