Woodblock Print Book by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: E-hon Action Stories

A mustard cover, a paper label of crisp black characters, and all the action saved for inside.

E-Hon Action Stories is a woodblock print book by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), from Japan, dating to the Meiji Period (1868 – 1912 CE), in ink on paper. E-hon, or picture books, were a popular form in Japan, printed from carved woodblocks and bound with thread along the spine. The cover is yellow-orange paper, faintly embossed with a round seal and a small pavilion. A white title slip at the upper left carries columns of black characters. Stitched binding runs down the right edge. It is 6.1 inches wide and 8.7 high.

Yoshitoshi, it seems, did not believe in spoilers.