Illustrations of Honorable Anecdotes of Japan and China (Ehon wakan no homare 絵本和漢誉)
An illustrated Edo-period Japanese book of legends and heroic anecdotes from Japan and China, made by the woodblock printer Katsushika Hokusai and published in Edo in 1850 by Tōshōken. Its pages are monochrome woodblock prints with inscribed captions in the margins. The pictures show armoured warriors in dramatic action, and a designer might take from them the bold contour line, strong diagonal compositions and the way figures are cropped across the double-page spread.
