絵本楠公三代記
An 1886 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled by Sugaya Yokichi and published by Naitō Hikoichi, retelling the story of three generations of the loyal samurai Kusunoki. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints with dense cross-hatching and bold outlines, showing a seated court figure beside slatted screens, a figure on a wooden walkway, and a stormy battle at sea with fleeing warriors. A designer might take from them the energetic diagonal rain and wave patterns, the crisp outlined costume motifs, and the vertical banding of text panels beside the scenes.
