絵本徳川十五代記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated history, the Ehon Tokugawa Jūgodai-ki (Picture Book of the Fifteen Tokugawa Generations), compiled by Kan'ya Yoshichi and published by Naitō Hiko'ichi, aimed at general readers. Its woodblock-style pages show seated samurai, lords and attendants in interiors with patterned screens, paper panels of columned text, and calligraphic captions. A designer might draw on the dense black-and-white linework, the framed vertical text panels, and the stylised cloud-patterned sliding screens as compositional devices.
