絵本宮本武勇伝
An 1887 Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) compiled and published by Nakamura Asakichi, presenting episodes from the legend of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for a general popular readership. The woodblock-style pages show samurai in armour and robes, with bold figures set against simple landscape elements like trees, rocks and water, with kana text in columns beside each scene that a designer could use for dynamic figure poses and compact narrative panel layouts.
