絵本太閤記
Ehon Taikoki is a Japanese illustrated picture book compiled by Arakawa Tōbei and published in Tokyo in 1888 by Kinkōdō, aimed at general readers of popular historical stories about the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Its woodblock-style pages show samurai in armour and robes posed in dramatic group scenes with captions written in columns beside the figures. A designer could draw on the bold black-and-white contrast, the patterned armour and kimono textures, and the layouts that frame action within arched screens and clouds.
