絵本巴女一代記 5巻
An 1807 Japanese illustrated book (ehon) in five volumes, written by Nansenshō Soman and illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni, printed for a general readership of popular fiction. The woodblock prints show armoured samurai in battle scenes, with calligraphic text columns running beside the images. A designer might take from them the dense hatched patterns of lamellar armour and the strong diagonal compositions of charging warriors and flowing water.
